Manawapou River
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The Manawapou River is a river of the Taranaki Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows southwest, from its origins in rough hill country to the northeast of Hāwera, to reach the South Taranaki Bight between Hāwera and Patea.
Geology
The river rises on a sandy mid-Pliocene Tangahoe Mudstone, formed in a shallow sea,{{Cite journal|title=An integrated sequence stratigraphic, palaeoenvironmental, and chronostratigraphic analysis of the Tangahoe Formation, southern Taranaki coast, with implications for mid-Pliocene (c. 3.4-3.0 Ma) glacio-eustatic sea-level changes|journal=Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand|volume=35|issue=1–2|pages=151–196|doi=10.1080/03014223.2005.9517780|year = 2005|last1 = Naish|first1 = Tim R.|last2=Wehland|first2=Florian|last3=Wilson|first3=Gary S.|last4=Browne|first4=Greg H.|last5=Cook|first5=Richard A.|last6=Morgans|first6=Hugh E. G.|last7=Rosenberg|first7=Michael|last8=King|first8=Peter R.|last9=Smale|first9=David|last10=Nelson|first10=Campbell S.|last11=Kamp|first11=Peter J. J.|last12=Ricketts|first12=Brian|hdl=10289/3485|hdl-access=free}} then its valley is cut down to early-Pliocene Whenuakura Group rocks (bioclastic limestone, pebbly and micaceous sandstones and massive siltstone), whilst the surrounding land is covered by mid-Pleistocene beach deposits of conglomerate, sand, peat and clay.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gns.cri.nz/static/qmapdata/newmaps/QTaranaki.zip|title=1:250,000 geological map Taranaki|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
See also
References
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{{South Taranaki District}}
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Category:South Taranaki District
Category:Rivers of New Zealand
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