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    • Looking down at the Karāpiro dam on Waikato River, New Zealand.
    Rights: Stunning NZ, CC BY 3.0 Published 19 March 2014, Updated 25 September 2024 Size: 3.5 MB Referencing Hub media

    Rivers are connected systems, and dams disconnect one area from another. They also alter the flow, temperature and sediment in river systems. This is the Karāpiro dam on the Waikato River.

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