Question

This river’s Balanced Water Fund makes its basin the world’s largest water market to protect wetlands like the Coorong Lagoon. Dredging of this river’s mouth during the Millennium Drought protected Lake Alexandrina. Irrigation from this river and its longest tributary forms the fertile Riverina region, home to agricultural hubs like Albury and Wagga Wagga. The damming of the Molonglo (10[1])River in this river’s basin created (10[1])Lake Burley Griffin. Water is diverted to this river and its (10[1])longest tributary, the Murrumbidgee River, by the Snowy Mountains Scheme in Kosciuszko (“kaw-zee-USS-koh”) National Park. (10[1])The source of this river is in the Great Dividing Range, and this river forms (10[1])most of the border between (-5[1])New South Wales and Victoria. For 10 points, the Darling River is a tributary of what longest river in Australia? ■END■

ANSWER: Murray River [or Millewa or Dhungala; accept Murray–Darling Basin; prompt on Murrumbidgee River or Darling River until each is read by asking “what river’s drainage basin is it part of?”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Chinmay MurthyTexas AAppalachian State5810
Tony LiangTexas A&M AClaremont A6410
Roan DowlingIowa AUBC A7510
Rahul KumarRice AMichigan State A8910
Truman FillbrandtUW AIowa B10410
Dwight SolanoTexas A&M BSorbonne109-5

Summary

2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y683%0%17%78.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y8100%0%0%102.63