Australia Fly Guide
Catchment · Murray-Darling Basin

Lower Murray River catchment

96 named waters 2,035 km mapped 45 lakes and impoundments 2,418 fish records

The drainage, top to bottom

51 streams

Mainstem first, tributaries nested the way the water actually joins. Waters with fish records have them counted; a quiet entry just hasn't had fish logged on it.

  • Manunda Creek133.4 km
  • Yunta Creek53 km
  • Winnininnie Creek31.3 km
  • Galah Creek15.1 km
  • Pine Creek10.8 km
  • Tiverton Creek4 km
  • Ocalia Creek37.5 km
  • Palina Creek17.8 km
  • Vickery Creek15.4 km
  • Pine Creek11.1 km
  • Burra Creek62.7 km6 records
  • Newikie Creek36.4 km
  • Baldina Creek33.4 km
  • Salt Creek30.8 km
  • Stone Chimney Creek29.9 km
  • Spring Hut Creek28.7 km
  • Pine Creek26.2 km
  • Paratoo Creek24.2 km
  • Ironback Creek22.4 km
  • Red Creek22.2 km
  • Braemar Creek14.2 km
  • Block Seven Creek15.1 km
  • Truro Creek13 km
  • Mosquito Creek10.1 km
  • Pualco Creek9.7 km
  • Blind Creek8.2 km
  • Coorong Channel8.1 km208 records
  • Goolwa Channel22.5 km74 records
  • River Murray667.4 km542 records
  • Marne River71.5 km61 records
  • Somme Creek23.7 km
  • Angas River52.1 km226 records
  • Bremer River83.2 km188 records
  • Rodwell Creek19.3 km39 records
  • Saunders Creek48.3 km
  • Burra Creek32.2 km
  • Preamimma Creek27.1 km
  • Reedy Creek24.6 km161 records
  • Harrison Creek20 km
  • Baker Creek8.6 km
  • Shepherd Creek5.8 km
  • Milendella Creek24.7 km
  • Currency Creek36.4 km168 records
  • River Finniss9 km
  • Finniss River43 km332 records
  • Meadows Creek26.4 km
  • Giles Creek12.8 km
  • Tookayerta Creek30.2 km199 records
  • River Murray10.4 km105 records
  • Mundoo Channel5.6 km109 records
  • Holmes Creek5.7 km

Lakes and impoundments

45 still waters
  • Lake Alexandrina623.035 km²
  • the Coorong207.916 km²
  • Lake Albert186.449 km²
  • Boggy Lake8.761 km²
  • the Coorong4.792 km²
  • Porter Lagoon3.774 km²
  • Lake Carie2.98 km²
  • Lake Cantara North2.664 km²
  • Dog Lake2.49 km²
  • the Coorong2.464 km²
  • Blanchetown Weir2.432 km²
  • Robertstown Lagoon2.268 km²
  • the Coorong2.258 km²
  • Ford Lagoon2.093 km²
  • the Coorong2.075 km²
  • Hiles Lagoon2.074 km²
  • Murbko Flat Lagoon1.802 km²
  • Gordon Lagoon1.617 km²
  • Apoinga Lagoon1.503 km²
  • the Coorong1.462 km²
  • Donald Flat Lagoon1.431 km²
  • Lake Cantara South1.364 km²
  • Tapoo Lagoon1.145 km²
  • Wongulla Lagoon1.062 km²
  • the Coorong1.037 km²
  • Purnong Lagoon1.032 km²
  • Pelican Lagoon1.029 km²
  • Murbpook Lagoon1.014 km²
  • Coxiella Lake0.935 km²
  • Pipe Clay Lake0.797 km²
  • the Coorong0.742 km²
  • the Coorong0.717 km²
  • Maidment Lagoon0.576 km²
  • the Coorong0.26 km²
  • Lake Short0.197 km²
  • the Coorong0.155 km²
  • the Coorong0.117 km²
  • the Coorong0.116 km²
  • the Coorong0.104 km²
  • the Coorong0.103 km²
  • the Coorong0.07 km²
  • the Coorong0.052 km²
  • the Coorong0.05 km²
  • Mike Lake0.043 km²
  • Lake Moodie0.04 km²

Catchment boundaries, stream network and lengths: Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (Geofabric), Bureau of Meteorology, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Fish records: Atlas of Living Australia occurrence records, joined to each water's mapped geometry.