Waimakariri River. Arthurs Pass National Park, New Zealand
One of the great Canterbury rivers of New Zealand's South Island, originating high on the eastern flanks of the Southern Alpa and running in braided alluvial shingle river channels far to the east, building the Canterbury Plains in the process.
These braided river systems are a globally uncommon geological feature and they support their own unique ecosystem of plants insects and birds based upon the swift flowing, ever changing open waters, sand and shingle banks and the seasonal cycle of floods and dry.
Waimakariri River. Arthurs Pass National Park, New Zealand
One of the great Canterbury rivers of New Zealand's South Island, originating high on the eastern flanks of the Southern Alpa and running in braided alluvial shingle river channels far to the east, building the Canterbury Plains in the process.
These braided river systems are a globally uncommon geological feature and they support their own unique ecosystem of plants insects and birds based upon the swift flowing, ever changing open waters, sand and shingle banks and the seasonal cycle of floods and dry.