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Ngalia, Ngaliya or Ngalea may refer to:
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- ↑ Wells AT, Moss, FJ (1983). "The Ngalia Basin, Northern Territory: stratigraphy and structure". Bureau of Mineral Resources, Australia, Bulletin 212.
