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Murray-Darling Basin Authority

Node type

Commonwealth government

Node description

Spatial metadata collection for the Murray-Darling Basin region.

Z39.50 connection details

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• Server hostname: 203.13.43.212
• Server port: 5548
• Repository name: mdbcprod

Bounding coordinates

The outer geographic extent of the whole document collection ...

• North bounding coordinate: -24.64
• South bounding coordinate: -37.73
• East bounding coordinate: 152.46
• West bounding coordinate: 138.56

Top search terms

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murray,darling,water,hydrogeology,soil,geology,orthophotography,landsat,wetlands,vegetation

References

• Home: http://www.mdba.gov.au
• About metadata: http://www.mdba.gov.au

Description of the organisation/jurisdiction

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has replaced the former Murray-Darling Basin Commission. MDBA is an independent Commonwealth authority responsible for planning the integrated management of water resources of the Murray-Darling Basin. In addition to the MDBC's former functions, the MDBA has responsibility for: - preparing the Basin Plan, including setting sustainable diversion limits of water from surface and groundwater systems. - advising on the accreditation of state water resource plans. - developing a watrer rights information service to facilitate water trading. - measuring and monitoring water resources. - gathering information and undertaking research. - engaging the community in the management of the basin's resources.

Contact details

• Contact organisation: Murray-Darling Basin Authority
• Postal address: GPO Box 409
• City: CANBERRA
• State: ACT
• Postal code: 2601
• Electronic mail: gis@mdba.gov.au
• Telephone: 02 6279 0100
• Facsimile: 02 6230 7579

Metadata date

2008-12-19