hapua

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. a river-mouth lagoon, chiefly in New Zealand, formed at the interface between a braided river and a mixed sand and gravel beach deposited and extended by longshore drift.
    — Given the spectrum of hapua that exist in Canterbury more studies are needed on the effects of river flow changes on the hapua represented in Table CS5.1. The next section examines the scientific basis for determining and managing the impacts of development on hapua environments within the current New Zealand resource and environmental management framework.

词形变化

hapua plural

词源

Borrowed from Māori hāpua (“be hollow, depressed like a valley, be hollowed out, scooped out”).
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