The Maruia Falls are located 22km South of Murchison. The Murchison earthquake of 1929 created these Falls by triggering a landslide which diverted the course of the Maruia River westwards, forcing it to cut a new channel over an old river bank. The river eroded gravels below the bank, forming the Falls. Immediately after the earthquake, the falls were only about a metre high, but after a year, the drop was 5 metres. In the early 2000's it was 10 metres.
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![Maruia Falls, Shenandoah Road](/media/1257/jpg852.jpg?width=1500&height=1500&mode=max&format=jpg&quality=85&overlay=watermark.png&overlay.position=30,30&overlay.size=70,70&overlay.opacity=80)
Maruia Falls, Shenandoah Road
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Postcard Details:
Location:
Murchison
Province:
Nelson
Country:
New Zealand
Publisher:
Gladys Goodall
Photographer:
Gladys Goodall
Photographers Card ID:
931