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River level fluctuations

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River level fluctuations

This diagram shows how much the height of the Hutt River at Te Marua fluctuated over a five-month period from September 2007 to January 2008. The vertical scale measures how high the river level rose against a vertical marker. Floods are represented by sudden spikes. The normal height of the river is around 1,800 millimetres.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Greater Wellington Regional Council

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Mike Scarsbrook rāua ko Charles Pearson, Water resources – Water supply, floods and droughts, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/graph/18151/river-level-fluctuations (accessed 4 June 2026).

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