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Billabongs bil·la·bong (bĭl'ə-bông', -bŏng')
n. Australian.
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What is a billabong?
bil·la·bong (bĭl'ə-bông', -bŏng') n. Australian.
A dead-end channel extending from the main stream of a river.
A streambed filled with water only in the rainy season.
A stagnant pool or backwater.
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Where Are They Found?
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Endangered?
• It's an endangered species. There are only half as many billabongs in Australia now as there were in 1895 . The dams used in modern flood control have cut off and dried up more than half the billabongs in Australia.
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Fauna
Estuarine Crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus ) or Freshwater crocodiles.
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Fauna
Southern Two-wattled Cassowarie
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Fauna
Koala
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Fauna
Whistling kite
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Fauna
The Marsh Harrier
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Flora
• Eucalyptus or Paper bark tree
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Flora
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Flora
• Many Species • Reeds• Grasses• Sedges• Rushes
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Flora
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Flora• Trumpet-creeper
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