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Murrumbidgee

American  
[mur-uhm-bij-ee] / ˌmɜr əmˈbɪdʒ i /

noun

  1. a river in SE Australia, flowing W through New South Wales to the Murray River. 1,050 miles (1,690 km) long.


Murrumbidgee British  
/ ˌmʌrəmˈbɪdʒɪ /

noun

  1. a river in SE Australia, rising in S New South Wales and flowing north and west to the Murray River: important for irrigation. Length: 1690 km (1050 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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At one point, Johnston says, flooding from the Murrumbidgee River, normally 5 kilometers away, came within 300 meters of the farm.

From Science Magazine Nov. 21, 2023

Along the Murrumbidgee River near the town of Wagga Wagga floods peaked on Friday at the highest level since 2010.

From Reuters Nov. 5, 2022

South of Forbes, parts of the city of Wagga Wagga were evacuated due to the Murrumbidgee River breaking its banks.

From Seattle Times Oct. 13, 2022

“I was told when you revive a lost language, you give it back to all mankind,” he said, sitting in his kitchen, not far from where the kingfishers darted across the Murrumbidgee.

From New York Times Apr. 8, 2016

I was met as favourably by the natives on this first passage of the Murray as I had been on our first approach to the Murrumbidgee.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell, Thomas

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