Lachlan River

The Lachlan River is a major river in New South Wales, Australia, flowing west from the Great Dividing Range through the Central West and Riverina to the Murrumbidgee River.

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Lachlan River catchment: The area of land drained by the Lachlan River and its tributaries. Its boundaries explain which rainfall and tributary flows feed the river.
Great Dividing Range: A major mountain range running along eastern Australia and separating many coastal and inland watersheds. The Lachlan rises on its western slopes and flows inland.
Irrigation in Australia: The use of managed water supplies to grow crops and pasture across Australia. Lachlan water is stored and diverted to irrigate farms across its basin.
Environmental flows: Water releases or protected flows intended to maintain or restore freshwater ecosystems. Managed releases can reconnect Lachlan wetlands and support ecological processes.
Wyangala Dam: A major dam on the Lachlan River near Cowra, New South Wales. It stores water and regulates downstream flows from the river's upper reaches.
Wiradjuri: An Aboriginal Australian people whose Country spans much of central New South Wales. The river and its tributaries cross extensive Wiradjuri Country.
Cotton production in Australia: The cultivation of cotton as a major irrigated crop in Australia. Cotton farms in the Lachlan basin rely on regulated river water.
Murray–Darling Basin: A large river basin spanning parts of southeastern Australia and draining to the Southern Ocean. The Lachlan is one of its inland river systems.
Lake Brewster: A regulated lake and wetland on the Lachlan River floodplain in New South Wales. It receives managed flows and provides habitat across the river's middle reaches.
John Oxley: A British surveyor and explorer who led expeditions into inland New South Wales in the early nineteenth century. His 1817 expedition followed and named the Lachlan River.