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    • Workers removing mangroves in Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand
    Rights: Bay of Plenty Regional Council Published 11 January 2012 Size: 160 KB Referencing Hub media

    Removing mangroves. Mangroves in Tauranga Harbour reflect the input of sediments1 that have happened over time.

    1. sediments: Material that settles to the bottom of a liquid. In geology, it describes the solid fragments of inorganic or organic material that come from the weathering of rock and are carried and deposited by wind, water or ice.

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      2. Material that settles to the bottom of a liquid. In geology, it describes the solid fragments of inorganic or organic material that come from the weathering of rock and are carried and deposited by wind, water or ice.

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