Murray Valley National Park

Murray Valley National Park
Bullanginyah Lagoon on the edge of the national park near Barooga
Coordinates: 35 ° 47 ′ 35.9 ″  S , 145 ° 1 ′ 38.7 ″  E
Location:	New South Wales , Australia
Specialty:	River Red Gum Eucalyptus Forests
Surface:	416.01 km²
Founding:	July 2010
Gulpa Creek at the entrance to the park at Mathoura

The Murray Valley National Park is a national park in the south of the Australian state of New South Wales , about 35 kilometers south of Deniliquin .

The park in the Riverina region consists of various, not completely contiguous former state forests on the north bank of the Murray River . It was created in July 2010 from the merging of the Barooga State Forest , the Boomanoomana State Forest , the Curowa State Forest , the Cottadidda State Forest , the Native Dog State Forest , the Niemur State Forest , the Noorong State Forest , the Tholobin State Forest , the Thornley State Forest , Tuppal State Fores , Wetuppa State Forest , Whymoul State Forest, and Woperana State Forest . In addition there were parts of the Gulpa Island State Forest , the Millewa State Forest and the Moira State Forest . South of the river, in Victoria, is the Barmah National Park .

The national park, which stretches about 150 kilometers along the river, has a total area of ​​41,601 hectares and is administered by the National Parks and Wildlife Service . The forests consist mainly of River Red Gum ( Eucalyptus camaldulensis ). Parts of the park are Ramsar protected areas .

Web links

• Murray Valley National Park . Office of Environment & Heritage. NSW Government
• Barmah-Millewa Forest

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Murray Valley National Park . Office of Environment & Heritage. NSW Government
2. ↑ Barmah-Millewa Forest. In: Bushland Reserves of northern Victoria and the Southern Riverina. Retrieved May 31, 2011 . 
3. ^ NSW Central Murray State Forests. (No longer available online.) In: Ramsar Managers Network. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015 ; accessed on May 31, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.