The full report for the Moonie region from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (90 pages)
Moonie River at Killawarra crossing, Queensland
Moonie region: CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project
The Moonie region is one of a series of 18 regions being assessed as part of the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project.
- 10 June 2008 | Updated 14 October 2011
Background
The Moonie region is largely in south-western Queensland east of St George and represents 1.4 per cent of the total area of the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB).
The region has a number of small settlements including Thallon and Nindigully but no major towns. The region is based around the Moonie River.
Research findings
The following documents detail the research findings:
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Fast facts
- The Moonie region is one of a series of 18 regions within the Murray-Darling Basin being assessed as part of the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project
- The region, largely in south-western Queensland east of St George, represents 1.4 per cent of the total area of the Basin
- The region uses 0.2 per cent of the total surface water diverted for irrigation in the Murray-Darling Basin, and less than 0.1 per cent of the total groundwater resource extracted in the Basin
