ريڤرينا

إذا كنت تريد the electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives، انظر Division of Riverina. إذا كنت تريد the wine region named Riverina، انظر Riverina wine region.

Riverina نيو ساوث ويلز
The Murrumbidgee River at Wagga Wagga
Coordinates	35°S 146°E
Population	255,881 (2001)
LGA(s)	Various
State electorate(s)	Albury Cootamundra Murray Wagga Wagga
Federal Division(s)	Farrer Riverina
Localities around Riverina: Far West Central West South West Slopes Far West Riverina South West Slopes Victorian Alps

The Riverina /rɪvəˈriːnə/ is an agricultural region of South-Western New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation. This combination has allowed the Riverina to develop into one of the most productive and agriculturally diverse areas of Australia. Bordered on the south by the state of Victoria and on the east by the Great Dividing Range, the Riverina covers those areas of New South Wales in the Murray and Murrumbidgee drainage zones to their confluence in the west.

Home to Aboriginal groups for over 40,000 years, the Riverina was originally colonised by Europeans in the mid-19th century as a pastoral region providing beef and wool to markets in Australia and beyond. In the 20th century, the development of major irrigation areas in the Murray and Murrumbidgee valleys has led to the introduction of crops such as rice and wine grapes. The Riverina has strong cultural ties to Victoria, and the region was the source of much of the impetus behind the federation of Australian colonies.

Major population and service centres in the Riverina include the cities of Wagga Wagga, Leeton and Griffith. Wagga Wagga is home to a campus of Charles Sturt University, the only local provider of higher education for the region. Wagga Wagga is home to two major Australian Defence Force establishments.

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 Geography

An eagle's nest on The Old Man Plain, an extensive saltbush plain between Hay and Wanganella.

 Landform and hydrology

The closed Hampden Bridge over the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga Wagga The new Wiradjuri Bridge is in the background.

The geology of the Riverina comprises several troughs and sedimentary basins.

 Riverina bioregion

The Riverina bioregion. The Riverina bioregion covers much of the area commonly known as the Riverina but also takes in area as far south as Bendigo and as far north as Ivanhoe.

 التاريخ

 Exploration and pastoral settlement

Charles Sturt, the first European to follow the Murrumbidgee River downstream to the Murray.

The first European explorer in the Riverina was John Oxley in 1817 following the Lachlan River to what is now the town of Booligal.

 Riverboats and railways

The Old Moulamein Wharf, on the Edward River, was constructed in 1908. Moulamein prospered as an inland port until the coming of the railways in 1926.

 Riverina and Federation

المقالة الرئيسية: Federation of Australia

The Federal Hotel in Berrigan, one of a series of hotels built or renamed in the southern Riverina as a result of the Federation campaign

 Irrigation and closer settlement

انظر أيضاً: Irrigation in viticulture

A 1916 map of the Riverina. The area where Griffith and Leeton would later be built was largely uninhabited until the development of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.

 Culture

Shearing the Rams (1890). Oil on canvas on composition board. The artist Tom Roberts spent some time at Brocklesby station prior to the composition of this painting.

 وصلات خارجية

• Media related to Riverina at Wikimedia Commons