Farewell Spit stretches 25 kilometres into Golden Bay. The sand and pebbles which form the spit originate from the turbulent West Coast rivers and are carried northwards up the coast. At the tip of the South Island the current patterns abruptly change and the sediment settles. The grains are then sorted southward by the wind into a series of constantly changing dunes up to 25 metres high. The spit is visited by tens of thousands of wading birds each summer and was designated a "wetland of international importance" in 1976.
SHANNEL COURTNEY
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Forest and Bird, Volume 23, Issue 1, 1 February 1992, Page 23
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92Farewell Spit stretches 25 kilometres into Golden Bay. The sand and pebbles which form the spit originate from the turbulent West Coast rivers and are carried northwards up the coast. At the tip of the South Island the current patterns abruptly change and the sediment settles. The grains are then sorted southward by the wind into a series of constantly changing dunes up to 25 metres high. The spit is visited by tens of thousands of wading birds each summer and was designated a "wetland of international importance" in 1976. SHANNEL COURTNEY Forest and Bird, Volume 23, Issue 1, 1 February 1992, Page 23
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