Top End

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English

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Satellite image of the Top End

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the Top End

  1. A geographical region encompassing the northernmost portion of the Northern Territory of Australia.
    • 1993, AN Andersen, P Jacklyn, Termites of the Top End[1]:
      Savanna ecologist believe that a combination of exceptionally infertile soils and highly seasonal rainfall means that the Top End is incapable of supporting the vast populations of mammals so characteristic of some African savannas.

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