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The New Zealand coastline. New Zealand has 15,000 kilometres (9,300 mi) of coastline making it the 9th longest in the world. The coastline borders the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The northern and southernmost points of the coastline on the two main islands are Surville Cliffs and Slope Point respectively.
The coastline paradox states that a coastline does not have a well-defined length. Measurements of the length of a coastline behave like a fractal, being different at different scale intervals (distance between points on the coastline at which measurements are taken). The smaller the scale interval (meaning the more detailed the measurement ...
In New Zealand, there are more than 425,000 km (264,000 mi) of rivers and streams and about 4,000 lakes and over 200 underground aquifers. Annual water flow is 145 million litres per person. [1] The reliable supply of good water is an important economic advantage for New Zealand, but its quality and availability is declining. [2]
Raukaua is a type of woody shrub native to New Zealand. [5] The waters of Cook Strait are dominated by strong tidal flows. The tidal flow through Cook Strait is unusual in that the tidal elevation at the ends of the strait are almost exactly out of phase with one another, so high water on one side meets low water on the other.
New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa) is an island country located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, near the centre of the water hemisphere.It consists of a large number of islands, estimated around 700, mainly remnants of a larger landmass now beneath the sea.
The water level in Wellington Harbour was much lower 20,000 years ago, and the ancient Hutt River used to flow down a paleochannel to the east of Matiu / Somes Island as far as the present-day Miramar Peninsula.
The Clutha River (Māori: Mata-Au, officially gazetted as Clutha River / Mata-Au) is the second longest river in New Zealand and the longest in the South Island.It flows south-southeast 338 kilometres (210 mi) through Central and South Otago from Lake Wānaka in the Southern Alps to the Pacific Ocean, 75 kilometres (47 mi) south west of Dunedin.
Pages in category "Coastline of New Zealand" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...