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October 26, 2006
Is this the interface between nature and civilization? It looks like it.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, Lake Alexandrina, 2004
Not quite. Though the lake is a part of the estuary of the River Murray where the river enters the sea--the Murray Mouth--- the lake is protected by barrages to keep the sea out. It is fresh water lake, nay a storage pond, for the irrigators and farmers. There are a series of locks, built in the 1940s, that prevent the mixing of sea and fresh water.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, Murray Mouth, 2003
The mouth of the River Murray is only kept open by dredging 24 hours a day, 352 days a year.
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