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Kōrero: Waterfalls

Bowen Falls

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Bowen Falls

The fiords of the far south-west of the South Island were carved out by glaciers, creating steep-sided valleys. The result is a number of spectacular waterfalls such as the well-known Bowen Falls in Milford Sound.

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Jock Phillips, Waterfalls – Causes of waterfalls, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11753/bowen-falls (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.