Story: Rivers
Replacing native bush with grass, and allowing animals to graze up to the river’s edge, can cause erosion like this. Silt enters the river, threatening water quality and the wildlife of streams and rivers.
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David Young, Rivers – Changes to river environments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14702/eroding-river-bank (accessed 17 February 2026).
Story by David Young, published 1 March 2009.