billabong

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von billabong im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A channel that dead-ends which extends from the main part of a river

An oxbow lake

A streambed that is only filled with water during the rainy season

A stagnant pool of water

a branch of a river running to a dead end

a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently

In Australia, a blind channel leading out from a river; sometimes called an anabranch

a branch of a river running to a dead end a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently

This is the sense of the word as used in the Public Works Department; but the term has also been locally applied to mere back-waters forming stagnant pools and to certain water channels arising from a source

{i} branch of a river that does not lead into another body of water, "dead-end" channel; riverbed that is only covered in water during the rainy season; pool of stagnant water

Silbentrennung

bil·la·bong

Etymologie

() From Wiradhuri bilabang