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Hill-country slip

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Hill-country slip

Soil erosion is the process by which soil moves from its original site to another. This may be only a short distance, or many kilometres away. One of the most obvious examples in New Zealand is the landslips on hill-country pastures.

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Paul Gregg, Soil erosion and conservation – Soil features and impact of erosion, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19782/hill-country-slip (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Gregg, published 1 March 2009.

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missy harding
29 July 2010
wow I have never seen any thing like it before