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Panorama of Lake Dartmouth, VIctoria, Australia. Lake Dartmouth is a reservoir of the Murray Darling Basin Authority with a capacity of 4 million megalitres. The Murray Darling Basin Authority MDBA apportions the waters of the Murray between New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Water of the reservoir is being used to conserve river flow, deliver water for irrigation and other purposes and to maintain navigation on the lower Murray River.
Victoria is Australia's second smallest State and covers only 3% of Australia's land area but has the second highest population of all States and Territories. Victoria's mainland and islands have a total length of 2,512 kilometres coastline which is about 4.2% of Australia's 59,736 kilometres of coastline. Australia is the driest inhabited continent and Victoria is no exception although the state capital Melbourne has the reputation to have 4 seasons in one day. Victoria is located in the southeast of mainland Australia and includes the most southern point on mainland Australia at Wilsons Promontory National Park.