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The Top End of Australia's Northern Territory is a geographical region encompassing the northernmost section of the Northern Territory, which aside from the Cape York Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Australian continent. [1]

55 relations: Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976, Acacia aneura, Acanthophis, Alice Springs, Alligator Rivers, Arafura Sea, Arnhem Land, Arnhem Land rock rat, Australia, Bathurst Island (Northern Territory), Black wallaroo, Bull shark, Cape York Peninsula, Chestnut-quilled rock pigeon, Chlamydosaurus, Darwin, Northern Territory, Dugong, Dune, Ecoregion, Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus miniata, Eucalyptus tetrodonta, Fire regime, Freshwater crocodile, Goanna, Groote Eylandt, Gulf Country, Gulf of Carpentaria, Heath, Indian Ocean, Kakadu National Park, Katherine, Northern Territory, Kimberley (Western Australia), Liasis fuscus, Liasis olivaceus, Magpie goose, Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands, Mary River (Northern Territory), Melville Island (Australia), Monitor lizard, Mulga snake, NASA, Northern Territory, Oenpelli python, Ord Victoria Plain, Outback, Palmerston, Northern Territory, Saltwater crocodile, Savanna, Sawfish, ..., Shrubland, Skink, Tiwi Islands, Water buffalo, World Heritage site. Expand index (5 more) »

Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976

The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act provides the basis upon which Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory can claim rights to land based on traditional occupation.

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Acacia aneura

Acacia aneura, commonly known as mulga or true mulga, is a shrub or small tree native to arid outback areas of Australia, such as the Western Australian mulga shrublands.

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Acanthophis

Acanthophis is a genus of elapid snakes.

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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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Alligator Rivers

Alligator Rivers is the name of an area in the Arnhem Land region of the Northern Territory of Australia, containing three rivers, the East, West, and South Alligator Rivers.

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Arafura Sea

The Arafura Sea lies west of the Pacific Ocean overlying the continental shelf between Australia and Indonesian New Guinea.

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Arnhem Land

Arnhem Land is one of the five regions of the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Arnhem Land rock rat

The Arnhem Land rock rat (Zyzomys maini) also known as the Arnhem rock-rat and by the Indigenous Australian name of kodjperr is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

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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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Bathurst Island (Northern Territory)

Bathurst Island is one of the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory off the northern coast of Australia along with Melville Island.

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Black wallaroo

The black wallaroo (Macropus bernardus), Bernard's wallaroo or Woodward's wallaroo, is a species of macropod restricted to a small, mountainous area in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, between South Alligator River and Nabarlek.

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Bull shark

The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), also known as the Zambezi shark (informally "zambi") in Africa, and Lake Nicaragua shark in Nicaragua, is a requiem shark commonly found worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts and in rivers.

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Cape York Peninsula

Cape York Peninsula is a large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia.

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Chestnut-quilled rock pigeon

The chestnut-quilled rock pigeon (Petrophassa rufipennis) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

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Chlamydosaurus

The frilled-necked lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), also known as the frilled lizard, frilled dragon or frilled agama, is a species of lizard which is found mainly in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.

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Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Dugong

The dugong (Dugong dugon) is a medium-sized marine mammal.

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Dune

In physical geography, a dune is a hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes (wind) or the flow of water.

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Ecoregion

An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than an ecozone.

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Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus L'Héritier 1789 (plural eucalypti, eucalyptuses or eucalypts) is a diverse genus of flowering trees and shrubs (including a distinct group with a multiple-stem mallee growth habit) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae.

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Eucalyptus miniata

Eucalyptus miniata, commonly known as the Darwin woollybutt', is a eucalypt which is native to northern Australia.

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Eucalyptus tetrodonta

Eucalyptus tetrodonta, commonly known as Darwin stringybark, is a tree that is native to the Northern Territory and the Kimberley of Western Australia.

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Fire regime

A fire regime is the pattern, frequency, and intensity of the bushfires and wildfires that prevail in an area over long periods of time.

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Freshwater crocodile

The freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnsoni or Crocodylus johnstoni; see below), also known as the Australian freshwater crocodile, Johnstone's crocodile or colloquially as freshie, is a species of crocodile endemic to the northern regions of Australia.

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Goanna

A goanna is any of several Australian monitor lizards of the genus Varanus, as well as certain species from Southeast Asia.

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Groote Eylandt

Groote Eylandt is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria and the fourth largest island in Australia.

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Gulf Country

The Gulf Country is the region of woodland and savanna grassland surrounding the Gulf of Carpentaria in north western Queensland and eastern Northern Territory on the north coast of Australia.

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Gulf of Carpentaria

The Gulf of Carpentaria is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the Arafura Sea (the body of water that lies between Australia and New Guinea).

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Heath

A heath is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation.

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Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering (approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface).

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Kakadu National Park

Kakadu National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km southeast of Darwin.

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Katherine, Northern Territory

Katherine is a town in Northern Territory, Australia.

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Kimberley (Western Australia)

The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of Western Australia.

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Liasis fuscus

Liasis fuscus is a non-venomous python species found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

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Liasis olivaceus

Liasis olivaceus, commonly called the olive python, at.

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Magpie goose

The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae.

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Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands

Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands (MVG 14) is a Major Vegetation Group which occurs in semi-arid areas of southern Australia.

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Mary River (Northern Territory)

The Mary River flows in the Northern Territory of Australia and is a site of the Mary River National Park.

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Melville Island (Australia)

Melville Island, known in the Tiwi language as Yermalner, is an island in the eastern Timor Sea, off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia.

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Monitor lizard

The monitor lizards are large lizards in the genus Varanus.

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Mulga snake

The mulga snake (Pseudechis australis) is a species of venomous snake found in Australia.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

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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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Oenpelli python

The Oenpelli python, known in binomial nomenclature as Morelia oenpelliensis or Simalia oenpelliensis, is a large python species endemic to the sandstone massif area of the western Arnhem Land region in the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Ord Victoria Plain

The Ord Victoria Plain, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, comprising.

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Outback

The Outback is the vast, remote interior of Australia.

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Palmerston, Northern Territory

Palmerston is situated near Darwin Harbour and had a population of 33,695 at the 2016 census, making it the second largest city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory.

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Saltwater crocodile

The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), also known as the estuarine crocodile, Indo-Pacific crocodile, marine crocodile, sea crocodile or informally as saltie, is the largest of all living reptiles, as well as the largest riparian predator in the world.

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Savanna

A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland grassland ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

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Sawfish

Sawfishes, also known as carpenter sharks, are a family of rays characterized by a long, narrow, flattened rostrum, or nose extension, lined with sharp transverse teeth, arranged in a way that resembles a saw.

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Shrubland

Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterised by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes.

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Skink

Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae and the infraorder Scincomorpha.

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Tiwi Islands

The Tiwi Islands are part of the Northern Territory, Australia, 80 km to the north of Darwin where the Arafura Sea joins the Timor Sea.

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Water buffalo

The water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) or domestic Asian water buffalo is a large bovid originating in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China.

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World Heritage site

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

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References

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

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