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Principal river of Australia, 2,575 km/1,600
mi long. It rises in the Australian Alps near
Mount Kosciusko and flows west, forming the
boundary between New South Wales and
Victoria, and reaches the sea at Encounter
Bay, South Australia. With its main
tributary, the Darling, it is 3,750 km/2,330
mi long. Its other tributaries include the
Lachlan and the Murrumbidgee. The Dartmouth
Dam (1979) in the Great Dividing Range
supplies hydroelectric power and has
drought-proofed the Murray river system, but
irrigation (for grapes, citrus and stone
fruits) and navigation schemes have led to
soil salinization.
2.
Family name of dukes of Atholl; seated at
Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.