Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Approx. 1,808 kilometres (1,123 mi) of the river course is located within NSW. Also Australia's longest river. 2: Murrumbidgee: 1,488 925: Riverina: Approx. 1,429 kilometres (888 mi) of the river course is located within NSW. Also Australia's second longest river. 3: Darling: 1,472 915: Far West: Entire course of the river is located in NSW.
1908 map of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. The Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA) is geographically located within the Riverina area of New South Wales. It was created to control and divert the flow of local river and creek systems for the purpose of food production. The main river systems feeding and fed by the area are the Murrumbidgee and ...
In Tasmania, the Mersey River, Meander River and Macquarie River saw water levels reach major flood levels. [10] With the exception of the Maribyrnong River, the aforementioned Victoria and NSW rivers flow into the Murray River, which caused flooding downstream in North-Western Victoria and South Australia in November and December, and into ...
In the Tweed Valley the Tweed River peaked at 3.3 metres (11 ft) on 28 January, the highest level recorded in 30 years. [31] In Grafton the Clarence River peaked a new record height of 8.1 metres (27 ft). [32] Records for the river height in Grafton go back to 1839. [33] The city's levee was credited with preventing more severe flooding.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
North of the Hawkesbury River to as far north as Lake Macquarie. Hunter: Lies between the Mid North Coast and the Central Coast, and includes the valley of the Hunter River (which extends far inland between the Northern Tablelands and the Central West), as well as the Newcastle–Lake Macquarie conurbation, the second largest urban area in NSW.
On 3 July, after prolonged rainfall in the Sydney area and the wettest start to the year on record, the Hawkesbury River at Windsor peaked at 13.9 metres, the highest in decades. More than 150 evacuation orders and warnings were given in the area, in addition to over 140 rescues and 19,000 homes losing power.
The river was first documented for the British crown near Bathurst by European explorer, George Evans in 1812, who named the river in honour of Lieutenant-Colonel Lachlan Macquarie, [4] [5] who served as Governor of the Colony of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821.