River Murray mouth

Australia / South Australia / Victor Harbor /
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A visible symptom of the over extraction of Murray river water is the closing of the Murray Mouth. Since October 2002, two dredging machines have operated at the Murray Mouth, moving sand from the channel to maintain a minimal flow from the sea and into the Coorong's lagoon system. Without the 24-hour dredging, the Mouth would silt up and close, cutting the supply of fresh seawater into the Coorong, which would then warm up, stagnate and die. In mid-2006 the dredging was scaled back as a result of the improved conditions at the mouth. Now only one dredging machine operates, and permission was granted to one commercial operator to navigate the channel between Goolwa and the Coorong, passing the mouth.
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Coordinates:   35°36'15"S   138°50'27"E
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