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Recent soil, near Franz Josef

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Recent soil, near Franz Josef

Much of the sediment on low-lying river flats has been deposited by floods. In this soil profile on the north bank of the Waiho River, near Franz Josef township, almost all the layers have been deposited by floods in recent decades.

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Simon Nathan, West Coast region – Soils and agriculture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21140/recent-soil-near-franz-josef (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 September 2016.