The Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains, then meanders northwest across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between the states of New South Wales and Victoria as it flows into South Australia. From an east–west direction it turns south at Morgan for its final 315 km (196 mi), reaching the eastern edge of Lake Alexandrina, which fluctuates in salinity. The water then flows through several channels around Hindmarsh Island and Mundoo Island. There it is joined by lagoon water from The Coorong to the south-east before emptying into the Great Australian Bight (often referenced on Australian maps as the Southern Ocean) through the Murray Mouth, 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Goolwa South.^[5] Despite discharging considerable volumes of water at times, particularly before the advent of large-scale river regulation, the waters at the Murray Mouth are almost invariably slow and shallow.

As of 2010, the Murray River system received 58 per cent of its natural flow; the figure varies considerably.^[6]

The border between Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) lies along the top of the southern or left bank of the Murray River.^[7]

River Murray

 The River Murray is Australia's longest river. It's a WOPPING 2508 kilometres long, spanning New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Almost 2000 km is navigable, making it the third longest navigable river on the planet, with only the Amazon and Nile rivers ahead of it.Murray–Darling Basin is Australia's largest and most iconic river system, and is one of the biggest systems in the world. It covers over a million square kilometres in south-eastern Australia  an area larger than the combined size of France and Germany.

The Basin is home to over 2 million people and covers about 14% of Australia's landmass. It includes a range of diverse landscapes and complex ecosystems, including over 77,000km of rivers and more than 25,000 wetlands. These landscapes are home to at least 35 endangered species of birds, 16 endangered species of mammals and 46 known species of native fish.

The Basin is Australia's most important agricultural region, producing around one-third of the national food supply.

The waterways of the Basin have a long history of management and development, and the health of the Basin and its dependent ecosystems is integral to the future wellbeing of Australia – its people, its economy and its natural environment.

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Long ago,the ancient Egyptians called it Ar or Aur, meaning "black," a reference to the rich, dark sediment that the Nile's waters carried from the Horn of Africa northward and deposited in Egypt as the river flooded its banks each year in late summer.

Length: 2,508 km

Discharge: 767 m³/s

Basin area: 1.061 million km²

Mouths: Murray Mouth Lookout, Southern Ocean

Cities: Murray Bridge, Echuca, Mildura, Albury, Renmark, Swan Hill, Wodonga
Murray River, principal river of Australia and main stream of the Murray-Darling Basin. It flows some 1,570 miles (2,530 km) across southeastern Australia from the Snowy Mountainsto the Indian Ocean. The main towns in the Murray River valley are Albury, Wodonga, Echuca, Swan Hill, Mildura, Renmark, and Murray Bridge. The river is named after Colonial Secretary Sir George Murray.
Although the Murray-Darling Basin has a total catchment area of some 409,835 square miles (1,061,469 square km), the Murray’s average annual discharge is only 31 cubic feet (0.89 cubic metre) per second, and in places it has dried up on at least three occasions. The river rises on The Pilot (a mountain), near Mount Kosciuszko in southeastern New South Wales. It flows west and northwest, passes through Hume Reservoir above Albury, and forms most of the boundary between New South Wales and Victoria. At Morgan, South Australia, it bends sharply southward to flow through Lake Alexandrina to Encounter Bay on the Great Australian Bight.
In 1915 the River Murray Commission, comprisingrepresentatives from the three state governments and the commonwealth, was established to regulate utilization of the river’s waters. The largest reservoirs are the Dartmouth on the Mitta Mitta River and the Hume on the Murray. The Dartmouth Dam, 590 feet (180 metres) high, is the highest dam of its kind in Australia. The multipurpose Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme (completed in 1974) increased the amount of water available for irrigation and generated large quantities of electrical power for peak load periods. Irrigation, however, led to serious salinity problems, so much so that Adelaide, South Australia (which is almost completely dependent on the Murray for its water supply), on occasion received water that, by World Health Organization(WHO) criteria, was unfit for drinking. The problem of Murray salinity has been recognized as of national significance to Australia. Legislative arrangements were drawn up in 1987 and 1992 to introduce comprehensivebasin-wide responses to environmental crises and the demand for sustainable development.

Most of the world's cholera epidemics can actually be traced back to a single place: India's Ganges delta. Cholera is an intestinal infection spread through contaminated food and water. Symptoms of cholera usually include diarrhea, vomiting and leg cramps.6 Feb 2018.writing?

1) Ganga is a famous sacred river that flows in several parts of India. 2) It is the longest river in India known for its religious importance. 3) The main streams of the river Ganga are Alaknanda and Bhagirathi. 4) Ganga flows in different states of India like Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Patna, and West Bengal.What is important about the Ganges river?

The Ganges River is most sacred in the Hindu tradition. It is understood as the personification of the Goddess Ganga. Hindu belief holds that bathing in the river on certain occasions causes the forgiveness of transgressions and helps attain salvation.The river Ganges is one of the largest rivers in the world. It is considered to be one of the holy rivers and it has important cultural significance. It flows through India and Bangladesh. There is a huge population alongside parts of the Ganges. As a result of industrial revolution and with the growth of industries, the Ganges River is one of the world’s most populated rivers.
 In Hindu culture, there are many famous rivers that we hold dear because of their spiritual significance. Ganga is one of them. Let's take a closer look at where this great river starts from.
 It all begins at the Gangotri Glacier, a huge area of ice (five by fifteen miles), at the foothills of the Himalayas (13,000 ft) in northern Uttar Pradesh. This glacier is the source of the river Bhagirathi, which joins with the river Alaknanda to form the might river Ganga at the rocky canyon-carved town of Devprayag.
The Ganges basin is India's widest and most heavily populated region. In the western part of the Gangetic Plain, the river provides water for crops through a wide canal…show more content…
The government of Uttar Pradesh is lax about water pollution issues, so this problem continues. As a nation that is quickly becoming industrialized, India needs electric power. They have built a hydro-electricity project near the source of the Ganges River. Opponents believe that dams would cause severe damage to the environment, and rob the river of its cultural and religious significance.

Hindu Pilgrimage
Devout Hindus make the pilgrimage to places like Allahabad and Varanasi. Most of the unreached people groups that we pray for this month are represented between these two cities along the Ganges River. These people come with the false hope of finding forgiveness for their sins, yet they are increasing God’s wrath by putting their faith in false gods, works and rituals. They hope to break the cycle of reincarnation, in hopes of reaching nirvana, the closest Hindu equivalent to heaven. Others bring their dying relatives and friends to the river in the false hope that the location will give them a better reincarnation.

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