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Story: Nelson region

Nelson landforms

  • Landforms

  • Vegetation

  • Highways

  • Districts

  • Place names

Nelson’s landscape is dominated by mountains and hills. The only extensive flat areas are the Waimea Plains, river floodplains and narrow coastal strips.

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Carl Walrond, Nelson region – Geology and landforms, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/28803/nelson-landforms (accessed 20 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 3 September 2010, updated 1 August 2015.