The Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment, part of the Murray-Darling Basin, encompasses the headwaters of the Murrumbidgee River, extending upstream from the Burrinjuck Dam wall. The headwaters of the Murrumbidgee River originate within the Fiery Range of the Snowy Mountains and the river flows southward towards Cooma before turning northward flowing through the ACT to Burrinjuck Dam and beyond.
The Catchment covers over 14,000 square kilometres and takes in urban, peri-urban and rural land over two states, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. UMCN recognises and addresses the complexity of government jurisdictions across the region and provides a neutral setting for networking, collaborating and achieving shared objectives.
The Catchment population is over 726,601 residents. Land uses include sheep and cattle grazing, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, reserves and urban and peri-urban development. Canberra, lying within the ACT, is Australia’s largest inland city, and the only major city in Australia located in the headwaters of a catchment.
