2.3.2 - How much water is supplied by rainfall?

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Rainfall varies both spatially and between seasons. The variation in rainfall over the 2001/02 -2005/06 irrigation seasons is shown in Table 2.2.

Table 2.2. Rainfall across northern Victoria during the irrigation season (Ml/ha)

Site

Average

01/02

02/03

03/04

04/05

05/06

10/11

11/12

Tatura

3.5

2.8

2.3

2.2

3.2

6.9

4.2

Cobram

3.9

2.7

1.6

3.1

3.9

3.3

7.0

5.5

Echuca

3.3

2.1

1.9

2.4

3.3

6.4

3.6

Swan Hill

2.5

1.8

1.2

1.4

3.4

2.5

4.9

2.4

Bureau of Meteorology (external link)

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