Land and Climate
- Australia's main river, the Murray, flows along nearly the entire length of Victoria's northern border.
- The soils and climate along the rivers bank offer reliable conditions for farming.
- Lack of water and wind-erosion hazards in the extreme northwest of the state and in the Big Desert make conditions to difficult for farming.
- The easterly passage of anticyclones and depressions is the main determinant of weather for most of Victoria.
- The
lowest-lying, driest parts of the Mallee usually receive less than 12
inches of precipitation per year, while in the Wimmera the
annual amount ranges from about 12 inches in the far northern region to
22 inches in the higher elevations of the south.
- Some of the wettest
areas in the mountains of the southeast may receive nearly 80 inches of precipitation in a single year, including heavy snowfall
in winter. 
