Water catchments in the Murray–Darling Basin
Map of the Murray–Darling Basin region within Australia. It shows the catchments that we provide data for, within the Basin area.
Each catchment on the map can be selected to display related information. This information can also be accessed using the Select a Basin area or catchment control above the map.
The map shows storages, river gauges and groundwater bores across the Basin. Data for each includes:
- storage volume as a percentage of capacity (current and same time last year) and current megalitre amount.
- river gauge flow, height and quality.
- groundwater bore depth to water (current and beginning of season) and quality.
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Water information for
About Goulburn catchment
2% of the total Murray–Darling Basin area (includes Broken catchment).
11% contribution to Basin water (includes Broken catchment).
Tributaries
Rubicon, Acheron, Yea and Broken rivers.
Major towns
Shepparton, Kyabram, Seymour, Mansfield.
First Nations
Yorta Yorta, Bangerang and Taungurung.
Water use
The catchment supports a wide range of industries, with the most predominant being agriculture and food processing. Of the 2.4 million hectares in the catchment, 1.4 million hectares is dryland agriculture and almost 300,000 hectares is irrigated. The Shepparton region is renowned for (irrigated) fruit production, particularly peaches, pears and tomatoes, but a wide range of horticultural crops are produced. Dairying is a significant broadacre industry and to a lesser degree, irrigated. Dryland crops produce cereal, legume and oilseed grains, and fodder for livestock.
Water availability
Find out how much water is currently stored in the Goulburn catchment. You’ll also find details on how much water is available, allocated and used for each category of use. For detailed volume for each major storage, weir and lock, see Storages if applicable.
Storages
You can find current and past water storage levels for:
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You can find current and past river levels, flow rates and water quality information from gauges in:
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