Due to the drought in Australia, the river became shallow and its surface was covered with dead fish for 65 kilometers.

In heat-stricken southeast Australia, millions of dead fish have covered the surface of the Darling River near the town of Menindee.

This is reported by the local edition of SBS News.

The NSW government has confirmed the death of fish along a 65-kilometer section of the river.

The reason for this was the drop in water levels after recent floods, which allowed the fish to breed and feel good. Due to the beginning of the drought, the river became shallow and a huge number of fish simply had nothing to breathe.

“The death of these fish is linked to low levels of oxygen in the water (hypoxia) as flood waters recede,” authorities said in a statement.

The populations of herring and carp suffered the greatest losses.

Videos posted on social media show boats among thick schools of dead fish, with the surface of the river barely visible.

#Breaking : strong fish kill in #Menindee outback NSW, few weeks after 10s of 1000s fish died — @NSWDPIE_Water v době sazenice to bylo pomalu osolené oxygen levels to speed up in bio Locals say this is worse than the 2018-19 fish kills pic .twitter.com/U31zNRRzIU

— Sara Tomevska (@STomevska) March 17, 2023

#UPDATE : video from #Menindee local Graeme McCrabb… @NSWDPIE_Water confirmation millions native fish dead. Drive = = tidbit oxygen as fertile waste, huge building complex biomass and fish whose populations boomed during the wet times. Heatwave exacerbating low oxygen levels pic.twitter.com/RQLR1JA38D

— Sara Tomevska (@STomevska) March 17, 2023

New day, but slightly worse fish in Menindey, just outside the city. pic.twitter.com/PNsFZ6w5Vn

— BillOrmonde (@BillOrmonde_2) March 17, 2023

Previous mass extinctions in the Menindee region have been attributed to the lack of water in the river, as well as the spread of toxic algae.

Let's remind, last year because of a drought rivers in Europe dried up.

Similar topics: