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 South Australian Murray catchment
Includes surface water resources in the River Murray and its floodplain from the South Australian border down to and including Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert.
Through the River Murray area, South Australia extracts approximately 7 per cent of the Basin’s total extracted water.
Tributaries
New South Wales/Victorian Murray, portions of Angas and Bremer rivers, Finnis River and Currency Creek.
Major towns
Renmark, Waikerie, Murray Bridge.
First Nations
Barkindji, Maraura, Muthi Muthi and Nyeri Nyeri; Ngintait and Ngarrindjeri; Kaurna and Peramangk.
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Water use
Water users include irrigated horticulture such as citrus, wine grapes, olives, almonds, walnuts, pistachios, stone fruit, avocado and vegetables. On the floodplains before the river enters Lake Alexandrina, the river flats are irrigated for dairying. There is also industrial use, Metropolitan Adelaide and town water, and high-value ecological communities across the catchment.
Water availability
Find out how much water is currently stored in the South Australian Murray 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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