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Murray-Darling Basin

Murray-Darling Basin proper noun: a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia, spanning most of the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory, and parts of the states of Queensland (lower third) and South Australia (southeastern corner).

Proper noun

Murray-Darling Basin

  1. A large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia, spanning most of the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory, and parts of the states of Queensland (lower third) and South Australia (southeastern corner).

Origin of Murray-Darling Basin

From the two major rivers, the Murray River and the Darling River.

Questions about Murray-Darling Basin

What does Murray-Darling Basin mean?
Murray-Darling Basin means a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia, spanning most of the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory, and parts of the states of Queensland (lower third) and South Australia (southeastern corner).
What part of speech is Murray-Darling Basin?
Murray-Darling Basin is a proper noun.

Words near Murray-Darling Basin in the dictionary

  1. Murray pines
  2. Murray red gum
  3. Murray red gums
  4. Murray River
  5. Murray Valley encephalitis
  6. Murray-Darling Basin
  7. Murray-sunset
  8. murrayacine
  9. murrayanine
  10. murrayazolidine
  11. murrayazoline

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