Most of Australia's rivers are in the eastern half. They include:
The two most significant rivers in the west are:
The Goulburn River is not one of the major rivers in Australia. It is a significant river in the southern state of Victoria, and an important tributary of Australia's longest river, the Murray river, but it is not considered a "major" river.
Most of Australia's rivers are in the eastern third of the continent.
it supplies food for crops and farmers and animals to live off of.
Rivers are still called rivers in Australia. Smaller rivers and streams, however, are called creeks.Some of Australia's rivers are:Murray RiverMurrumbidgee RiverDarling RiverLachlan RiverCooper CreekFlinders RiverDiamantina RiverWarrego RiverGascoyne RiverBurdekin River
Australia has many rivers.
The Yellow River and the Yangtze River are the two largest and most important rivers in China.
The Murray Darling is a river system and basin in Australia. Consequently, mining is not important at all there. Agriculture is important. The river system, which consists of the two main rivers of the Murray River and the Darling River, as well as dozens of tributaries, feeds water to some of Australia's richest agricultural regions.
There are hundreds of rivers in Australia. See related link.
There are very few. Rivers such as the Victoria and the Adelaide are in northern Australia, not eastern.
* Ovens River (Victoria) * Ord River (Western Australia) * Onkaparinga River (South Australia)
The early explorers believed that a great inland sea lay in the centre of Australia. They believed this because the rivers did not behave as rivers in other countries did. Australia's rivers flowed away from the coast, not towards it.
Australia's rivers are generally not dangerous, but some along the northern coast would be dangerous as they are prime crocodile country. These rivers include the Alligator River (misnamed because of the resemblance of crocodiles to alligators), Adelaide, Mary and Daly Rivers.