- Orongorongo River
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Aerial view of the Orongorongo Valley
The Orongorongo River runs southwest through the Orongorongo Valley in the southern Rimutaka Ranges of the North Island of New Zealand. The river and its associated catchments lie within the bounds of the Rimutaka forest park, which is administered by the Department of Conservation (New Zealand)[1]
For much of its course the river is a braided river, with a wide bed of gravel and a number of streams of water. The gravel bed can be seen as light-coloured areas of varying width in the image to the right.
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Looking south from Turere Stream.
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Looking north over the "Manuka Flats"
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A native Northern rātā Tree hangs in the mist
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Looking at "Big Bend" from the "Wet Weather Track"
References
- ^ http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/PlaceProfile.aspx?id=35041 accessed on the 18th of March 2007
External links
Categories:- Rivers of the Wellington Region
- Braided rivers
- Wellington Region geography stubs
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