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Which of these crops grows in the Ord River Irrigation Area?

Answer: Melons

Melons. The Ord River Irrigation Area spans 28,000 hectares, growing sandalwood, maize, cotton, melons, pumpkins and mangoes.

The vision is to grow it to up to 50,000 hectares of farmland in the Wyndham-East Kimberley region.

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