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The Todd River is an ephemeral river in the southern Northern Territory, central Australia. [1]

23 relations: Adelaide, Air mattress, Alice Springs, Arid, Arrernte people, Australia, Central business district, Charles Todd (pioneer), Ephemerality, Heavitree Gap, Henley-on-Todd Regatta, Insurance, Irony, Lake Eyre, MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Regatta, Sediment, Simpson Desert, South Australia, Wadi, Water, William Mills (surveyor).

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia.

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Air mattress

An air mattress is an inflatable mattress/sleeping pad.

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Alice Springs

Alice Springs (Arrernte: Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Arid

A region is arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life.

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Arrernte people

The Arrernte people, sometimes referred to as the Aranda, Arunta, or Arrarnta are an Aboriginal Australian people who live in the Arrernte lands, at Mparntwe (Alice Springs) and surrounding areas of the Central Australia region of the Northern Territory. Some Aranda live in other areas far from their homeland, including the major Australian cities and overseas. Aranda mythology and spirituality focuses on the landscape and the Dreamtime. Altjira is the creator being of the Inapertwa that became all living creatures. Tjurunga are objects of religious significance. The Arrernte Council is the representative and administrative body for the Aranda Lands and is part of the Central Land Council. Tourism is important to the economy of Alice Springs and surrounding communities.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Central business district

A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city.

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Charles Todd (pioneer)

Sir Charles Todd (7 July 1826 – 29 January 1910) worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory 1841–1847 and the Cambridge University observatory from 1847 to 1854.

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Ephemerality

Ephemerality (from Greek εφήμερος – ephemeros, literally "lasting only one day") is the concept of things being transitory, existing only briefly.

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Heavitree Gap

The Heavitree Gap, or Ntaripe in the Arrernte language, is a water gap in the Northern Territory, Australia in the MacDonnell Ranges.

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Henley-on-Todd Regatta

The Henley-on-Todd Regatta (also called the Todd River Race) is a "boat" race held annually in the typically dry sandy bed of the Todd River in Alice Springs, Australia.

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Insurance

Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss.

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Irony

Irony, in its broadest sense, is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or event in which what appears, on the surface, to be the case, differs radically from what is actually the case.

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Lake Eyre

Lake Eyre, officially known as Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre, contains the lowest natural point in Australia, at approximately below sea level (AHD), and, on the rare occasions that it fills, is the largest lake in Australia covering.

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MacDonnell Ranges

The MacDonnell Ranges, a mountain range and an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory, comprising.

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Northern Territory

The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT) is a federal Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia.

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Regatta

A regatta is a series of boat races.

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Sediment

Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice, and/or by the force of gravity acting on the particles.

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Simpson Desert

The Simpson Desert is a large area of dry, red sandy plain and dunes in Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland in central Australia.

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South Australia

South Australia (abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

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Wadi

Wadi (wādī; ואדי), alternatively wād (وَاد), is the Arabic and Hebrew term traditionally referring to a valley.

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Water

Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms.

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William Mills (surveyor)

William Whitfield Mills (19 November 1844 – 18 August 1916), usually referred to as "W.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_River

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