Classification of aquatic ecosystems in the Murray-Darling Basin: 2017 update

Created 11/01/2018

Updated 09/08/2023

This is the 2017 update to the classification of aquatic ecosystems in the Murray-Darling. It is a compilation of river, lake, wetland, riparian and floodplain mapping for the Murray-Darling Basin using the best available mapping from state jurisdictions (South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales), Australian Government agencies and other organisations. Data sources range in scale from 1:,000 to 1:250,000. The interim Australian National Aquatic Ecosystem (ANAE) classification framework has been applied to all wetland polygons varying by system type (lacustrine, palustrine, riverine, estuarine and springs. Attribute values and final wetland types are included in the attribute data table.

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Title Classification of aquatic ecosystems in the Murray-Darling Basin: 2017 update
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/fe003aaa-09e5-41b7-9689-80c32d5fa1ac
Contact Point
Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
water.metadata@environment.gov.au
Reference Period 11/01/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    145.6884722,
    -36.0790278
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
Data Portal Data.gov.au