Murray-Darling Basin

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Murray-Darling Basin
This 1,000,000 km2 basin is the bread-basket of
Australia where half the countrys food is grown.
Queensland
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
The basin covers 4 Australian states who
individually determine how water is
allocated within their boundaries
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Rain Gage Network
24,343 rain gages
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River Gages
9079 River Gages
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River Gage Networks
9079 gages in 37 networks Average 245
gages/network
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Evaporation Gages
682 evaporation gages
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Evaporation Gage Networks
Num Gages
658
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