Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of southeast Australia rising in the Australian Alps and flowing about 2,530 km (1,570 mi) northwest then south to an arm of the Indian Ocean south of Adelaide.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide
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Examples
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And on the News, they were saying how wonderful the rainfall was for the Murray River, which is responsible for much of the South Aussie drinking water, and New South Wales and Victoria draw heavily upon it for irrigation.
Archive 2007-12-01 appleleaf 2007
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And on the News, they were saying how wonderful the rainfall was for the Murray River, which is responsible for much of the South Aussie drinking water, and New South Wales and Victoria draw heavily upon it for irrigation.
2008 will roll in with a scorch appleleaf 2007
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On the Murray River, which is, perhaps, the most densely populated part of the country, I imagine there are, from Moorunde, about three to four natives to every mile of river, which as it winds very considerably in its course, would give a large population to the square mile, if only the valley of the Murray was taken into account.
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On the Murray River, which is, perhaps, the most densely populated part of the country, I imagine there are, from Moorunde, about three to four natives to every mile of river, which as it winds very considerably in its course, would give a large population to the square mile, if only the valley of the Murray was taken into account.
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On the Murray River, which is, perhaps, the most densely populated part of the country, I imagine there are, from Moorunde, about three to four natives to every mile of river, which as it winds very considerably in its course, would give a large population to the square mile, if only the valley of the Murray was taken into account.
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In the city of Swan Hill, people have been building makeshift levees to hold back the Murray River, which is expected to carry the bulk of the floodwaters as they run off over the next 10 days.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Senator Wong said the new pipeline would reduce Adelaide's dependency on the Murray River, which is at the centre of a national water debate.
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Senator Wong said the new pipeline would reduce Adelaide's dependency on the Murray River, which is at the centre of a national water debate.
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The new book is called Murray River Country: An ecological dialogue with traditional owners.
Intercontinental Cry 2009
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My MC lives on the Murray River which is to the south of the town.
silliness galore mikandra 2009
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