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Tables and Charts for Rivers and Streams

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Physical Condition of Streams for Each Catchment (% of stream length)
  Excellent Good Moderate Poor Degraded
Loddon 0 10 33 52 5
Avoca 0 0 72 25 3
Bunyip 0 41 18 31 10
Moorabool 0 11 47 39 3
Barwon 0 48 12 28 11
Corangamite 0 0 46 41 13
Hopkins 0 3 14 38 45
Werribee 1 40 10 43 5
Campaspe 3 2 25 36 35
Portland 8 3 19 70 0
Ovens 16 47 16 20 1
Maribyrnong 16 0 28 57 4
South Gippsland 18 13 10 53 7
Wimmera 19 0 23 42 15
Glenelg 20 5 9 39 26
Broken 24 2 23 28 23
Otway 35 18 24 23 0
Upper Murray 38 40 8 8 7
Mitchell 43 49 2 3 3
La Trobe 43 29 3 18 7
Kiewa 52 4 10 26 7
Yarra 52 3 18 26 0
Goulburn 58 3 21 14 4
East Gippsland 70 27 2 1 0
Thomson 88 3 2 6 1
Tambo 90 4 3 3 1
Snowy 92 1 5 3 0

Migratory Status of Fish (number of species)
  Migratory Non-migratory Unknown
South only 13 0 5
North only 4 1 7
Both 1 1 5

Rivers and Streams Affected by Diversion/Irrigation (number of rivers)

  Unaffected during summer flow Affected during summer flow
Domestic (small creek) 29 67
Domestic (large creek) 40 37
Irrigation 29 59

Physical Condition of Victorian Rivers and Streams (length of stream in kilometres)

  Excellent Good Moderate Poor Very Poor
Major 511 1022 3723 1971 146
Tributary 1650 900 1500 2625 750
Minor 24600 9840 3444 8856 2952
All streams 26761 11762 8667 13452 3848
Streams in cleared areas 1350   8100 17550  

Condition of River Segments Based on Macroinvertebrate Communities (number of stream segments)

  Excellent Good Moderate Poor Very Poor Insufficient data
Mountain 3 7 1 0 0 8
Valley 1 3 5 1 0 18
Plain 0 2 10 5 1 17

Condition of River Segments Based on Riparian Vegetation (number of stream segments)

  Excellent Good Moderate Poor Very Poor Insufficient data
Mountain 5 1 2 3   8
Valley 0 2 2 11 6 7
Plain 0 1 3 13 14 2

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