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The Waikato River

The Waikato River, NZ just north of Whakamaru Dam Power Station.

The Waikato River is a lotic system. Lotic means flowing water.

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Rights: Abaconda Management Group, NZ, CC BY-SA 2.0
Published: 19 March 2014Size: 1.1 MB
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