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Echo sounding

Scientist measuring the bathymetry (water depth profile) NZ

Willem de Lange measuring the bathymetry (water depth profile) of Tauranga Harbour using a single-beam analogue echo sounder. The data was used to create an early numerical model of harbour hydrodynamics and sediment transport.

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