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The Murrumbidgee River starts on the edge of the Great
Dividing Range in the Kosciusko National Park and flows
through a diverse landscape for a total of 1,600 km, until
its confluence with the Murray River. The river systems
drains 84,000 square km and together with the Murrumbidgee
catchment includes 14 major dams and 8 large weirs. It is a
major tributary of the Murray-Darling River system. The
Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme assists with
regulating the water flow and supplying the 10,000 km of
irrigation channels. The Murrumbidgee catchment is a major
sub-catchment of the Murray Darling Basin, covering an area
of about 73,400 km2. The catchment is surrounded by the
Great Dividing Range on the east, and lies between the
Lachlan Catchment to the north and the Murray Catchment to
the south. Extending from the alpine areas and Southern
Tablelands in the east to the Southwest Slopes and onto the
Riverine Plains in the west, the catchment area covers a
diverse landscape and region.
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