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Kōrero: West Coast region

Recent soil, near Franz Josef

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Recent soil, near Franz Josef

Much of the sediment on low-lying river flats has been deposited by floods. In this soil profile on the north bank of the Waiho River, near Franz Josef township, almost all the layers have been deposited by floods in recent decades.

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by David Barrell

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Simon Nathan, West Coast region – Soils and agriculture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/21140/recent-soil-near-franz-josef (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009, updated 1 September 2016.