Open AccessPROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OVERSOWN TUSSOCK COUNTRY
Author(s) -
R.M. Snow
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1966.28.1211
Subject(s) - tussock , geography , altitude (triangle) , situated , archaeology , ecology , biology , mathematics , geometry , artificial intelligence , computer science
MORVEN HILLS is situated 42 miles north-east of Cromwell on the Cromwell-Timaru state highway. The aspect of the country is one-third south-west, and the remainder northeast to north-west. Altitude ranges from 1,500 to 5,500 ft a.s.1. Annual rainfall is approximately 22 in. but appears to be increasing. The area of Morven Hills is 35,000 acres of which 3,500 have been oversown, nearly all with seed as well as super-phosphate.