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Story: Water resources

All images and media

From page 1 - Water supply, floods and droughts

Spray irrigation

Spray irrigation

Rescuing stock from flood water

Rescuing stock from flood water

Waiho River in flood

Waiho River in flood

River level fluctuations

River level fluctuations

Central Otago drought, 2003

Central Otago drought, 2003

From page 2 - The hydrological cycle

New Zealand’s water cycle

New Zealand’s water cycle

Farm rain gauge

Farm rain gauge

High intensity rainfall map

High intensity rainfall map

Water of Leith

Across catchments

Across catchments

From page 3 - Rain, snow and ice

Where the rain falls

Where the rain falls

Where the snow falls

Where the snow falls (1st of 2)

Power from water

Power from water (2nd of 2)

Melting Tasman Glacier

Melting Tasman Glacier

From page 4 - Groundwater and lakes

Lake Benmore

Lake Pūkaki

From page 5 - Rivers

Top 10 rivers

Waimangaroa River

Waimangaroa River

Boulder stream

Boulder stream (1st of 4)

Braided river

Braided river (2nd of 4)

Spring-fed river

Spring-fed river (3rd of 4)

Urban stream

Urban stream (4th of 4)

Stopbank on the Manawatū River

Stopbank on the Manawatū River

From page 6 - Managing water resources

Water into milk

Water into milk

Water velocity meter

Water velocity meter

Irrigated fields

Irrigated fields (1st of 2)

Irrigated crops

Irrigated crops (2nd of 2)

How to cite this page:

Mike Scarsbrook and Charles Pearson, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/water-resources/media (accessed 29 May 2022)

Story by Mike Scarsbrook and Charles Pearson, published 24 Nov 2008