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Billabongs bil·la·bong (bĭl ' ə-bông', -bŏng') n. Australian.

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.

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Billabongs bil·la·bong (bĭl ' ə-bông', -bŏng') n. Australian.

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  1. Billabongs bil·la·bong (bĭl'ə-bông', -bŏng') n.Australian.

  2. 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.

  3. Where Are They Found?

  4. 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.

  5. Fauna Estuarine Crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus ) or Freshwater crocodiles.

  6. Fauna Southern Two-wattled Cassowarie

  7. Fauna Koala

  8. Fauna Whistling kite

  9. Fauna The Marsh Harrier

  10. Flora • Eucalyptus or Paper bark tree

  11. Flora

  12. Flora • Many Species • Reeds • Grasses • Sedges • Rushes

  13. Flora

  14. Flora • Trumpet-creeper

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