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Kōrero: Water resources

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Water supply, floods and droughts

Spray irrigation

Spray irrigation

Rescuing stock from flood water

Rescuing stock from flood water

Waiho River in flood

Waiho River in flood

River level fluctuations

River level fluctuations

Central Otago drought, 2003

Central Otago drought, 2003

Mai i te whārangi 2 - The hydrological cycle

New Zealand’s water cycle

New Zealand’s water cycle

Farm rain gauge

Farm rain gauge

High intensity rainfall map

High intensity rainfall map

Water of Leith

Across catchments

Across catchments

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Rain, snow and ice

Where the rain falls

Where the rain falls

Where the snow falls

Where the snow falls (1 o 2)

Power from water

Power from water (2 o 2)

Melting Tasman Glacier

Melting Tasman Glacier

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Groundwater and lakes

Lake Benmore

Lake Pūkaki

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Rivers

Top 10 rivers

Waimangaroa River

Waimangaroa River

Boulder stream

Boulder stream (1 o 4)

Braided river

Braided river (2 o 4)

Spring-fed river

Spring-fed river (3 o 4)

Urban stream

Urban stream (4 o 4)

Stopbank on the Manawatū River

Stopbank on the Manawatū River

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Managing water resources

Water into milk

Water into milk

Water velocity meter

Water velocity meter

Irrigated fields

Irrigated fields (1 o 2)

Irrigated crops

Irrigated crops (2 o 2)

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Mike Scarsbrook and Charles Pearson, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/water-resources/media (accessed 3 July 2022)

He kōrero nā Mike Scarsbrook and Charles Pearson, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008