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The Mulwala Canal is an irrigation canal in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest irrigation canal in the Southern Hemisphere. The canal, starting at Lake Mulwala, diverts water from the Murray River across the southern Riverina plain to the Edward River at Deniliquin. The canal is 156 km long. The channel has an offtake capacity of 10,000 megalitres (ML) per day and annually supplies over 1,000,000 ML to 700,000 hectares (1,700,000 acres) in the Murray Irrigation Area. The canal was constructed between 1935 and 1942.

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  • The Mulwala Canal is an irrigation canal in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest irrigation canal in the Southern Hemisphere. The canal, starting at Lake Mulwala, diverts water from the Murray River across the southern Riverina plain to the Edward River at Deniliquin. The canal is 156 km long. The channel has an offtake capacity of 10,000 megalitres (ML) per day and annually supplies over 1,000,000 ML to 700,000 hectares (1,700,000 acres) in the Murray Irrigation Area. The canal was constructed between 1935 and 1942. As well as water for agriculture, the canal also provides water for the southern Riverina towns of Berrigan, Finley, Bunnaloo and Wakool. Pacific Hydro operate The Drop Hydro hydroelectric power station on the canal, near Berrigan. The power station, with a generating capacity of 2.5 MW of electricity, is Australia's first hydroelectric power station on an irrigation canal. (en)
  • Mulwala Channel är en kanal i Australien. Den ligger i delstaten New South Wales, i den sydöstra delen av landet, omkring 530 kilometer sydväst om delstatshuvudstaden Sydney. Trakten runt Mulwala Channel består till största delen av jordbruksmark. Runt Mulwala Channel är det mycket glesbefolkat, med 5 invånare per kvadratkilometer. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 1 060 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är juli, med i genomsnitt 135 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är november, med 44 mm nederbörd. (sv)
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  • The Mulwala Canal immediately upstream from its intake from Lake Mulwala in Mulwala (en)
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  • Mulwala Channel är en kanal i Australien. Den ligger i delstaten New South Wales, i den sydöstra delen av landet, omkring 530 kilometer sydväst om delstatshuvudstaden Sydney. Trakten runt Mulwala Channel består till största delen av jordbruksmark. Runt Mulwala Channel är det mycket glesbefolkat, med 5 invånare per kvadratkilometer. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 1 060 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är juli, med i genomsnitt 135 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är november, med 44 mm nederbörd. (sv)
  • The Mulwala Canal is an irrigation canal in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest irrigation canal in the Southern Hemisphere. The canal, starting at Lake Mulwala, diverts water from the Murray River across the southern Riverina plain to the Edward River at Deniliquin. The canal is 156 km long. The channel has an offtake capacity of 10,000 megalitres (ML) per day and annually supplies over 1,000,000 ML to 700,000 hectares (1,700,000 acres) in the Murray Irrigation Area. The canal was constructed between 1935 and 1942. (en)
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  • Mulwala Canal (en)
  • Mulwala Channel (sv)
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