What are the major lakes and rivers in Australia?

Answer 1

Major rivers:

The Murray - Darling system is the major river system in Australia and is the most well-known, but it is not a single river. The Murray and the Darling are two separate rivers, with the Darling a tributary of the Murray.

Other well-known rivers are:

• Flinders River (longest in Queensland), Diamantina River and Cooper Creek which run through western Queensland and ultimately empty into Lake Eyre
• Lachlan River, which flows into the Murrumbidgee River which, in turn, flows into the Murray. the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee form one of the major irrigation areas of New South Wales.
• Culgoa, Balonne, Warrego and Condamine Rivers which feed the Darling River
• Gascoyne River, the longest in Western Australia
• Goulburn River (Victoria)
• Hunter River, one that frequently floods in NSW, together with the Clarence and the Richmond
• Dumaresq, Macintyre and Tweed Rivers, which form part of the border between Queensland and NSW
• Burdekin River, forming a major dam in northern Queensland

Each of Australia's state capital cities is built on a river.

• Sydney - Hawkesbury and Parramatta Rivers
• Melbourne - Yarra
• Adelaide - Torrens
• Brisbane - Brisbane
• Perth - Swan
• Hobart - Derwent
• Australia's national capital, canberra, is on the Molonglo River

Major lakes:

• Lake Eyre (North and South) - SA
• Lake Amadeus - NT
• Lake Frome - SA
• Lake Gairdner - SA
• Lake Torrens - SA
• Willandra Lakes - NSW
• Lake Eucumbene - NSW
• Lake Mungo - NSW
• Lake Corangamite - Vic
• Lake Mackay - WA
• Lake Argyle - WA
• Lake Gordon - Tas
• Lake St Clair - Tas

Lakes Entrance in south-eastern Victoria leads to the sea and is a major tourist area, with the interconnecting 'lakes' of Lake Wellington, Lake Victoria, Loch Sport, and others.

Answer 2

The Murray - Darling system is the major river system in Australia and is the most well-known, but it is not a single river. The Murray and the Darling are two separate rivers, with the Darling a tributary of the Murray. The Murray is the longest river in Australia, and the Darling is the second longest.

Other well-known rivers are:

• Flinders River (longest in Queensland), Diamantina River and Cooper Creek which run through western Queensland and ultimately empty into Lake Eyre
• Lachlan River, which flows into the Murrumbidgee River which, in turn, flows into the Murray
• Culgoa, Balonne, Warrego and Condamine Rivers which feed the Darling River
• Gascoyne River, the longest in Western Australia
• Goulburn River (Victoria)
• Hunter River, one that frequently floods in NSW, together with the Clarence and the Richmond
• Dumaresq, Macintyre and Tweed Rivers, which form part of the border between Queensland and NSW
• Burdekin River, forming a major dam in northern Queensland
• Other major rivers include the Nicholson, Daly, Ord, Margaret, Ashburton, Georgina, Roper, Katherine, Thompson, Palmer, Clarence, Cooper Creek, South Esk and Burdekin, to name just a few.

Each of Australia's state capital cities is built on a river.

• Sydney - Hawkesbury and Parramatta Rivers
• Melbourne - Yarra
• Adelaide - Torrens
• Brisbane - Brisbane
• Perth - Swan
• Hobart - Derwent

For a complete list of Australia's rivers, see the related link.

Answer 3

The Murray River is Australia's largest river.

The Darling River is a tributary of the Murray, and together with the Murray makes up the massive Murray-Darling system.

Other significant rivers include the Murrumbidgee, Lachlan and Flinders Rivers.

Answer 4

Murray, Darling, Victoria, Diamantina