Kōrero: Soils

Southland plains

Southland plains

The Southland plains rarely suffer from drought, so their cultivable brown soils form some of New Zealand’s most productive land. Recent years have seen a sharp increase in dairy farming.

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GNS Science
Reference: CN2802/20a
Photograph by Lloyd Homer

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Allan Hewitt, 'Soils - The most extensive soils', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12305/southland-plains (accessed 20 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Allan Hewitt, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007