Billabong

A Billabong is a term used in Australia term from an Aboriginal word for a body of water, such as a percolating river branch or a water hole in a river that is similar to a wadi in the rainy season fills with water and during the dry season dries more or less strong. Since a Billabong usually only one of the few water sources in the surrounding region and often longer than the water leads watercourse itself, it is equally well attended by humans and animals.

Billabong is also mentioned in Banjo Paterson's famous folk song Waltzing Matilda.