Story: Ecoregions
The Rakaia River flows through the Canterbury Plains – part of the leeward ecoregion (east of the Southern Alps). Annual rainfall is around one-third of that on the windward side. The plains were once covered in lowland forest, tussock and swamps, but are now farmed.
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Reference: CN24034/27
Photograph by Lloyd Homer
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