There are a few rivers in Australia. Most of the rivers are short and flow into the lakes. The Murray is the most important river in . Australia. The Darling, Lachlan and Murrimbidge are its main tributaries. It drains into the Encounter Bay. Hunter, east flitzroy and Belgando are eat flowing rivers. Mitchel, Gilbert and Flinders flow towards north west and join the gulf of corpentaria. The Daly, Victoria, West Flitzroy flow northwards and north westward and joins the Timor sea. The rivers Cooper Geek, Diamantina and Mucumba drain into lake Eyre. Rivers Murchison, Avon, Black wood etc., drain into the Indian ocean.