billabongs bil·la·bong (bĭl ' ə-bông', -bŏng') n. australian
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Billabongs bil·la·bong (bĭl'ə-bông', -bŏng')
n. Australian.
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.
Where Are They Found?
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.
Fauna
Estuarine Crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus ) or Freshwater crocodiles.
Fauna
Southern Two-wattled Cassowarie
Fauna
Koala
FaunaWhistling kite
Fauna
The Marsh Harrier
Flora
• Eucalyptus or Paper bark tree
Flora
Flora
• Many Species • Reeds• Grasses• Sedges• Rushes
Flora
Flora• Trumpet-creeper
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