The Mannum-Adelaide pipeline was constructed from 1949 to 1955 for the purpose of delivering water from the Murray River to Adelaide. The Murray rises in the Australian Alps, an area sandwiched between New South Wales and Victoria. The Murray has a length of 2,500 kilometers and empties into South Australian’s Lake Alexandrina.
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Phycoduras eques - The leafy sea dragon belongs to the syngnathidae family; seahorses, pipefish, and pipe horses. The leafy sea dragon is best known for the long skin filaments hanging off their head and body. The filaments resemble brown seaweed and provides the perfect camouflage for the seahorse as it feeds in the clumps of seaweed, a habitat the animal spends its entire life in. During reproduction, the female deposits about 200 eggs onto the male’s tail. The eggs are assembled into a brood patch and begin to hatch after 9 weeks.
