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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondent

‘Ecosystems are collapsing’: one of Australia’s longest rivers has lost more than half its water in one section, research shows

Murrumbidgee River at Hay
Researchers examined the impacts of dam infrastructure and irrigation on natural water flows at Hay in south-western NSW. Photograph: Oliver Strewe/Getty Images

A section of one of Australia’s longest rivers, the Murrumbidgee, lost more than half of its water over a 30-year period due to dams and other diversions, according to new research.

Scientists at the University of New South Wales examined the impacts of dam infrastructure and irrigation on natural water flows in the lower Murrumbidgee River since 1890.

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