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New Zealand Geographic Features

Ko taku iwituaroa tēnā

My land, my backbone

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riu
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basin

A bowl shaped depression in land surrounded by higher land. Similar to a big, open valley.
Associated features
whārua | valley
ngutupūaupūwaiwahariu
Drawing of a fan-shaped are of coastline bisected by forks of a river. Also pictured is a hollow in the ground.
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