COVER STORY: Is the Murray River really dying?*

The photos of the Murray River at the Swan Hill bridge (below) show the river in 2003 during the worst drought in 100 years, and the river during the drought of 1914. The difference is stark. The dams, locks and weirs that were built over the past 80 years mean that today the river is flowing, even in drought time.Prior to those in-stream constructions, the river regularly ran for only a few months of the year during the wet season and the snow melt. It then stopped flowing. In drought time the …

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