NRM REGIONS IN THE MURRAY-DARLING BASIN

There are fifteen NRM regions fully-contained within the MDB, while six others overlap MDB boundaries (map 5.1). Of the six regions that are partially in the Basin, four have more than 70% of their area within the MDB:

• South Australia (SA) Murray Darling Basin (98%);
• Western in New South Wales (72%);
• Wimmera in Victoria (72%); and
• South West in Queensland (71%).

The two remaining NRM regions have only a very small proportion of their total area in the MDB:

• SA South East (6%); and
• SA Arid Lands (2%).

When presenting statistics by NRM region, the fifteen regions entirely in the MDB and the four regions with the vast majority of their area within the MDB are included, however the two regions with small areas in the MDB are excluded. Therefore, in this chapter, nineteen NRM regions are aggregated to form the MDB. Map 5.1 shows the location of the NRM regions in the MDB.

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