The Murray River Mouth, Goolwa SA

 

Where the river meets with the sea, with the fabulous Coorong to the south west (left) and the Fleurieu Peninsular encompassing Kangaroo Island to the west (right).

Due to a low flow of water down the Murray, through the barrages and out to sea the river mouth faces the danger of closing due to a build up of sand caused by wave and tidal processes. The mouth actually closed in 1981 for the first time in recorded history and severe measures are taken by the Australian Government to prevent this happening again in the future.