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Offshoot of (local) river (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

billabong

(Other definitions for billabong that I've seen before include "Australian backwater -- no big ball (anag)" , "Branch of an Australian river formed by an overflow" , "Australian pool" , "Australian channel" , "Pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows only in the rainy season" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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