Kōrero: Rivers

Waimangaroa River

Waimangaroa River

Usually the Waimangaroa River, 17 kilometres north-east of Westport on the West Coast of the South Island, is a placid stream. But after a few hours of heavy rain it becomes a raging torrent. Many South Island rivers, fed by rainfall in the mountains, are prone to flash floods.

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Photographs by Stuart Henley (top); Simon Nathan (bottom)

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David Young, 'Rivers - How New Zealand rivers are formed', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14669/waimangaroa-river (accessed 20 April 2024)

He kōrero nā David Young, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007