Smacks Creek Conservation Reserve - Discontinued
Waterway
Smacks Creek
Geolocation
-43° 27' 39.2364", 172° 35' 24.4896"
Location Description
Approximately 60 m downstream of crossing Gardiners Road.
Site Description
Just over 1 m wide. Riffle/fast run. Streambed: shallow with small cobble substrate. Some submerged macrophytes with emergent macrophytes on the true right bank. Substantial periphyton growth on the cobbles.
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Smacks Creek
Smacks Creek monitoring spot on the Styx River, Christchurch
Copyright
Styx Living Laboratory Trust