GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
The Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) is a topographically-defined region located in the south-east of Australia (map 1.1). The Basin covers 1,059,000 square kilometres or 14% of Australia's land area. Most of the Basin's area is located in New South Wales (56%) and Queensland (24%). The Basin completely encloses the Australian Capital Territory, and incorporates the majority of New South Wales (75%) and Victoria (60%). A smaller proportion of Queensland's (15%) and South Australia's (7%) area are included in the MDB (MDBC 2006).
1.1 THE MURRAY-DARLING BASIN
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