Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.9
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
15911
Points per Word
0.000189
Description
The Murray starts as a trickle in the Snowy Mountains. It travels 2500km through plain, forest and desert before reaching the sea. It's part of our history and our homeland, yet we take out 80 per cent of the water. For how long can we do this?