Global InformationLowbidgee Floodplain information
The Lowbidgee Floodplain extends from Balranald to near Waradgery Station, about 20 km (12 mi) west of Hay, in south-western New South Wales. The Lowbidgee Floodplain is part of the Traditional lands of the Nari Nari and Muthi Muthi Aboriginal peoples.
It comprises an extensive (c. 2,000 km2 (770 sq mi)) floodplain of the lower Murrumbidgee River and its tributaries, including the confluence of the Murrumbidgee with the Lachlan River, with numerous swamps and lakes. The extent of the floodplain has been reduced in size from over 3,000 km2 (1,200 sq mi) at the beginning of the 20th century by the construction of dams, irrigation systems and other hydraulic engineering works, with the water inflow declining by at least 60% between 1888 and 1998. Apart from Yanga National Park (established in 2005 on the former Yanga Station) most of the floodplain consists of commercial irrigated farmland.[1]
- ^ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lowbidgee Floodplain. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/08/2011.