ANOTHER REASON FOR SAVING THE BUSH. A forest at the headwaters of a river, holding the snow and preventing its rapid melting during a thaw. The wholesale destruction of such a forest, of course, means that the rivers draining the slopes become liable to periodic floods.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 25, 23 June 1909, Page 20
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46ANOTHER REASON FOR SAVING THE BUSH. A forest at the headwaters of a river, holding the snow and preventing its rapid melting during a thaw. The wholesale destruction of such a forest, of course, means that the rivers draining the slopes become liable to periodic floods. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 25, 23 June 1909, Page 20
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