The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (
Ngarrindjeri
The Ngarrindjeri people are the traditional Aboriginal Australian people of the lower Murray River, eastern Fleurieu Peninsula, and the Coorong of the southern-central area of the state of South Australia. The term ''Ngarrindjeri'' means "belo ...
: ''Millewa'',
Yorta Yorta
The Yorta Yorta, also known as Jotijota, are an Aboriginal Australian people who have traditionally inhabited the area surrounding the junction of the Goulburn and Murray Rivers in present-day north-eastern Victoria and southern New South Wal ...
: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern
Australia. It is
Australia's longest river at extent. Its
tributaries
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include five of the next six longest rivers of Australia (the
Murrumbidgee,
Darling
Darling is a term of endearment of Old English origin.
Darling or Darlin' or Darlings may also refer to:
People
* Darling (surname)
* Darling Jimenez (born 1980), American boxer
* Darling Légitimus (1907–1999), French actress
Places Austral ...
,
Lachlan,
Warrego and
Paroo Rivers). Together with that of the Murray, the
catchment
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s of these rivers form the
Murray–Darling basin
The Murray–Darling basin is a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia, encompassing the drainage basin of the tributaries of the Murray River, Australia's longest river, and the Darling River, a right tributary o ...
, which covers about one-seventh the area of Australia. It is widely considered Australia's most important irrigated region.
The Murray rises in the
Australian Alps
The Australian Alps is a mountain range in southeast Australia. It comprises an interim Australian bioregion,0