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Basin state governments set water trading rules within their states. Actively traded water access rights have different priorities and uses. This is the water markets products information page for South Australia.

The annual Eastern Australian Waterbird Survey started in October 2021 with researchers expected to survey 38 sites across the Basin.

Basin state governments set water trading rules within their states. Actively traded water access rights have different priorities and uses. This is the water markets product information page for Victoria.

More than 50 species of native fish and 11 species of introduced fish have been identified in the Basin. Native fish play an important role in the environment.

Hundreds of wildlife species live in the Murray–Darling Basin.

There are 149 identified reptile species living in the Basin, including 46 snake species, 100 lizard species and 3 freshwater turtle species.

The Basin is home to a wide variety of waterbirds and woodland birds, some of which live in the Basin all year round and some of which are migratory.

The health of native fish in the Murray−Darling Basin is a vital legacy that we leave for future generations. Releasing water for the environment helps to restore native fish populations so all of us can benefit from healthy rivers.

A review of the relationships between flow and waterbird ecology in the Condamine-Balonne and Barwon-Darling River systems.

The Narran Lakes waterbird research improves our understanding of how flooding in the Narran Lakes affects waterbird breeding events.