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New Zealand’s water cycle

New Zealand’s water cycle

Most of New Zealand’s precipitation is rain. A small amount of water remains as snow and ice, but most flows into rivers and lakes, or into aquifers under the ground. Only about 30% evaporates into the atmosphere, compared with 70% in many other countries.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Ministry for the Environment The state of New Zealand’s environment 1997

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Mike Scarsbrook rāua ko Charles Pearson, Water resources – The hydrological cycle, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/diagram/18154/new-zealands-water-cycle (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mike Scarsbrook rāua ko Charles Pearson, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.

Comments

Robert William Raj. A
18 April 2017
Hi, The New Zealand’s water cycle presented here is not the actual water cycle. The water cycle is corrected and published. Have a look at it in the below link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWNgsNNt1YI Regards, Robert William Raj. A