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  • The confluence of Waipā River and Waikato River at Ngāruawāhia
    Rights: Photograph by John Greenwood, J Greenwood Photography Published 19 March 2014 Size: 62 KB Referencing Hub media

    The confluence - or joining - of the Waipā River and Waikato River at Ngāruawāhia, laden with sediment1 after rainfall in 1998. Sediment may come from hill slopes or from eroding banks.

    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.