the ratio of water pouring into the stricken daly system between october and february was the lowest for that quarter in the 117 years that books have been kept . an unprecedented drought has thrown the river system into decline , reported to the concern for the river . " we ' ve had big droughts before and big floods before , but which we didn ' t have was climate change , " added rick davies , the senior executive of the murray - darling basin authority .
The Murray-Darling Basin is in Australia.