An Australian term for a series of water-filled holes or small basins in the landscape, formed by soil subsidence or erosion patterns.
From Australian Aboriginal (likely Gunai/Kuric) language, adopted into English. The word represents Aboriginal geographic knowledge incorporated into English terminology.
Aboriginal Australians mapped 'gilgai' across the landscape for thousands of years—these water holes were literally the difference between survival and death in the outback!
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