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Cadell and Blyth Floodplains

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to the west. Copious seasonal flows down the rivers inundate the floodplain with over a metre of water in wetter years. The coast of the bay is characterised by
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The floodplain, with the adjoining coast of Boucaut Bay, has been identified as an
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The combined floodplain of the Blyth and Cadell rivers meets Boucaut Bay between
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because it has supported over 1% of the world populations of
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forests and woodlands. Land tenure is traditionally owned
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consist of the 432 square kilometres (167 sq mi)
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Index

Gould lithograph of a brolga
floodplain
Blyth
Arnhem Land
Top End
Northern Territory
Australia
waterbirds
Milingimbi Island
Maningrida community
intertidal
flats
mangroves
paperbark
Aboriginal
Important Bird Area
BirdLife International
pied herons
brolgas
great knots
waders
pied oystercatchers
mudflats
little pied cormorants
great egrets
black-tailed godwits
red-necked stints
magpie geese
whistling ducks
Asian dowitchers

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