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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.
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]
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 ...
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 is the sixth-largest island country in the world, with a land size of 268,680 km 2 (103,740 sq mi). [3] New Zealand's landscapes range from the fiord-like sounds of the southwest to the sandy beaches of the subtropical Far North.
The Haast River / Awarua is a river on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The Māori name for the river is Awarua. It drains the western watershed of the Haast Pass. The Haast River is 100 kilometres (62 mi) in length, and enters the Tasman Sea near Haast township. The river's main tributary is the Landsborough River.
The Kaipara is the largest estuarine harbour on the west coast of New Zealand and provides significant areas of suitable breeding grounds and habitats for juvenile fish. It has fewer problems with water quality than the Manukau, and is the single most significant wetland for west coast fisheries. [33]
"NZ River Maps: An interactive online tool for mapping predicted freshwater variables across New Zealand". niwa.co.nz. Christchurch: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). Young, David. "Rivers - Types of river. New Zealand's longest rivers". Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand