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	Southland Region
		Southland is a sparsely populated region with extreme natural contrasts.
		Ranging from the extremely mountainous and lush areas of Fiordland to the plains of Southland at the southern tip of the South Island there is enough here to keep even the most ardent traveller enthused.
		Southland is also the departure point to Stewart Island which is New Zealand's third largest island.
	www.virtualoceania.net /newzealand/regions/southland.shtml (242 words)

	Southland Plains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Southland Plains is a general name given to several areas of low-lying land in the South Island of New Zealand, separated by the rise of the Hokonui Hills in the north.
		To the northeast of Invercargill, the plains of the Mataura River and its tributary the Waimea River stretch inland as far as the town of Gore.
		At their southern extreme they become the Awarua Plain, a large area of marshy land which stretches from near Bluff to the foot of the Catlins in the far east.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southland_Plains (246 words)

	Career Services :: Work Trends :: The Regional Labour Market
		Southland is New Zealands second-largest region, with a land area of nearly 33,000 square kilometres.
		In 2001, 93% of Southlands resident population identified as Pakeha and 12% as MÄori.
		In 2005, the population of the Southland region was 93,000.
	www.kiwicareers.govt.nz /default.aspx?id0=19906&id1=southland (2415 words)

	southlandnz.com - The Official Southland Homepage -
		Southland is the most southern and western region of New Zealand and boasts some of the most distinctive landscapes in the country, ranging from high alpine mountains and glaciers to intensively farmed lush grasslands on rolling plains.
		It is one of the fastest growing tourist regions in New Zealand due to its unspoilt nature and wide recognition of it being a place to restore the soul.
		Southland's people reflect their heritage through their energy, expertise and warmth of heart.
	www.southlandnz.com (115 words)

	New Zealand Fly Fishing, New Zealand Trout Fishing : South Island
		The lodge is in the Southland region of New Zealand, one hour's drive south of Queenstown Airport and one hour's drive from Invercargill airport.
		Southland is a sparsely populated region with extreme natural contrasts, ranging from the mountainous and lush areas of Fiordland to the plains of Southland at the southern tip of the South Island.
		The Southland region is recognized world-wide as one of New Zealand's premier brown trout fisheries.
	www.fishinginnewzealand.com /new_zealand_fly_fishing.htm (868 words)

	Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society :: Home
		Until January 1, 1917, the Slaton-Sweetwater segment was operated as part of the Plains Division of the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway, under control of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
		The Slaton Division merged into the Plains Division on June 1, 1971, and this district became the Fifth District.
		The Plains Division was abolished and the Slaton-Sweetwater line became the Slaton Subdivision of the New Mexico Division on May 15, 1988.
	www.atsfrr.com /resources/burton/plains.htm (1539 words)

	GLOBAL ECOLOGICAL ZONING FOR THE GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES ASSESSMENT 2000
		Vegetation of the Naracoorte Coastal Plain was similar in many areas to that of the Lofty Block with the addition of heaths in the poorly drained lowlands and inter-dune swales and Eucalypt mallee formations (see next Ecological Zone) on the calcareous soils in the north of the region.
		• The Esperence Plains to the north of the Avon region is a sandplain overlaying Eocene sediments with abrupt granite and quartzite ranges and to the south the Geraldton Sandplains comprise of gently undulating sandy earths mantling Permian strata.
		To the west is a narrow coastal plain, mostly consisting of gavel deposited by the numerous glacial or snow rivers.
	www.fao.org /docrep/006/ad652e/ad652e23.htm (8554 words)

	Amarillo Texas - City of Amarillo, TX, Weather for the Globe, News, Newspaper, Restaurants, Classifieds, Yellow Pages, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		South of Borden County the escarpment is less obvious, and the boundary between the High Plains and the Edwards Plateau occurs where the alluvial cover of the High Plains disappears.
		The tribe quickly became known as the Lords of the Southern Plains, and they by far were the most powerful of all the Indian Tribes in the state.
		As a direct result of this broken treaty, several important leaders among the Southern Plains tribes made the decision to resume raids on white settlements and joined up with other bands as a means to kill all the buffalo hunters that was responsible for the mass slaughter of the buffalo.
	www.texaspanhandleplains.com /amarillo-texas.html (9957 words)

	Southland travel guide - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Southland [1] is the southernmost region in the South Island of New Zealand.
		It boasts stunning landscapes from the high mountains and icy glaciers to green and lush grasslands on the plains where agriculture is king.
		The population within the Invercargill Council area is around 52,000, within the Southland Council area 30,000 and within the Gore Council area 13,000 making a total of 95,000.
	wikitravel.org /en/Southland (466 words)

	trout-fishing-07-jan-05
		It lies in a wide plain and its clear waters are evidence that its valley was once home to a much larger river.
		The Oreti and the Aparima formed this wide arc of flat land, home to some of the longest bits of straight road in the country, when they were giant rivers carrying glacier meltwater from the mountains in the north.
		The plains were constructed by giant rivers fed by glaciers — huge conveyor belts of gravel and sand that existed for millennia.
	www.frontierfishing.co.nz /trout-fishing-07-jan-05.htm (421 words)

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		The 7ha reserve, ‘Kingswood Bush’ is a valuable lowland forest remnant on the Southland plains that unfortunately has serious weed issues, Chilean Flame Creeper, sycamore, holly and elderberry.
		In addition to the weed problems, the reserve received relatively low usage and was one of the DOC Southland Conservancy’s lower priority sites.
		The Department had also at this time submitted a bid for funding from the weedbusters local initiative fund to do weedbusting at the reserve, this bid was successful.
	www.weedbusters.org.nz /awards/Nominee.asp?id=5 (325 words)

	Invercargill travel guide - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is the service city for the farms of the Southland plains at southern end of the South Island.
		Built in the late 19th and early 20th century, its wide streets and century old buildings give the visitor a unique feeling of stepping back in time to when business was conducted in a more sedate and considered manner and the streets were paved with Otago gold.
		If flying south to Invercargill be sure to request a window seat on the right or starboard side of the aircraft (request port or left if flying out to Christchurch.) Mount Cook, which is visible about half way through the flight, is merely the biggest of the many massive peaks of the Southern Alps.
	wikitravel.org /en/Invercargill (510 words)

	Southland WX - How the weather formed the desert.
		Southland WX - How the weather formed the desert.
		Southern California has 3 basic climate zones as illustrated in fig #1.
		The winds 90% of an average year flows from the west/southwest onshore to the coastal plains as described in Fig.
	www.southlandwx.com /desert.html (188 words)

	Smith's Farmstay, Southland : Farmstay Southland New Zealand, Southland Accommodation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This Southland accommodation is situated on the hills of the Southern Scenic Route, 3.65 kms from Wyndham, giving a panoramic view of the Southland Plains and the mountains beyond.
		Smith's farmstay is situated on the hills of the Southern Scenic Route, Southland, New Zealand, 30 minutes south east of Gore.
		Enjoy a panoramic view of the southland plains and the mountains beyond.
	www.tourism.net.nz /new-zealand/accommodation/farmstays/southland/smiths-farmstay (484 words)

	Whats new : GNS Science Limited
		Geology of the Murihiku Area covers 18,000 square kilometres of south Otago and Southland, extending from the Catlins west across the Waimea and Southland plains to the Takitimu Mountains and Waiau River, and south over Foveaux Strait to Rakiura.
		The region's geology is dominated by 150-250 million-year-old sedimentary rocks, rich in fossils and folded into the Southland Syncline, which runs from the Catlins to Te Anau.
		The Waimea and Southland plains, and the Eastern Southland coalfield, lie in old river valleys across the syncline.
	www.gns.cri.nz /news/release/murihiku.html (720 words)

	Southland Academy - Band
		he Southland Academy Marching Raider Band is made up of students from the seventh through the twelfth grades.
		These include the Plains Peanut Parade, the Andersonville Historic Fair Parade, the Americus Christmas Parade, and the Heart of Georgia Invitational in Warner Robins.
		The band received first place at the Plains Peanut Parade and was awarded a $300 cash prize.
	www.southlandacademy.org /Band.htm (94 words)

	Fishing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Southland is one of the strongholds of brown trout in New Zealand.
		The Southland Plains and hills offer a large number of easily accessible rivers and streams.
		The Mataura is the best known river in the Southland region and one of the best known in the country.
	www.farawayplaces.co.nz /fishing_freshwater_southland.htm (183 words)

	A look at Bluff's history
		It was dominated by a 265 meter hill from which magnificent vistas spread in all directions To the south and east lay Foveaux Strait and in the distance Stewart island and Ruapuke Islands.
		To the north lay Bluff Harbour itself, beyond to the north and west the vast expanse of the Southland Plains to which Bluff was connected by a narrow neck at the northwestern corner of the peninsula.
		The main Maori settlement in the area which became known as Southland, was Ruapuke Island, which with its seven pas was the base of the paramount chief of the South Island, Tuhawaiki, otherwise known as 'King of the Bluff' or Bloody Jack'.
	www.bluff.co.nz /history2.html (698 words)

	Southland WX - Every cloud has a silver lining
		Southland WX - Every cloud has a silver lining
		One of first things most people do to determine the weather outside...
		This is more common in the eastern U.S along the east slope of Appalachians and adjacent plains.
	www.southlandwx.com /clouds.html (359 words)

	SPCTEXANS.com
		Indoors, the women’s 4x400 relay smashed the Southland Conference and Texas State school records, running 3:45.56 to claim the SLC Indoor Championship.
		Davis claimed the SLC Championship in the long jump with a leap of 20-07, finished second in the 100 meters (11.61), fourth in the 200 meters (23.97) and ran third leg on the fourth place 4x100 relay team to earn 24 points for the meet.
		His sprinters have claimed 16 Southland Conference individual and relay championships, 112 All-Southland Conference awards, 63 All-Time Top 10 performances, 28 NCAA Regional qualifying marks, and eight school records.
	www.southplainscollege.edu /athletics/track/coaches.htm (652 words)

	Southland Academy - Welcome
		The Southland Academy P.T.O. cordially invites all parents to attend the Fall Open Meeting and Dessert Social on Thursday, November 16, 2006, at 7:00 p.m.
		Members of the Americus Fire Department brought the "Fire House" to Southland Academy to teach the elementary students about fire safety.
		A popcorn machine to be used in the new gym concession stand was donated by the Senior Class of 2007.
	www.southlandacademy.org (269 words)

	Fly Fishing Guides Southland New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Southland Fly Fishing Guides, as our name says, operate in the province of Southland.
		The infinite variety of brown and rainbow trout waters we have here, are all accessible within a relatively short drive and provide some of the best, most challenging sight fishing you could experience anywhere in the world.
		From gin clear mountain streams and peaceful meandering creeks to the larger river networks flowing through the fertile Southland plains, we have it all.
	www.fishnz.net.nz /about.html (307 words)

	NEW ZEALAND FACTS
		Associated with New Zealand are Ross Dependency (in Antarctica) and the Cook Islands (Rarotonga), Tonga, Niue, and Tokelau (All Islands in the Pacific Ocean).
		New Zealand is a generally mountainous country with several large regions of plains.
		The Canterbury plains in the east and the Southland plains in the extreme south are the only extensive lowland areas of South Island.
	www.ace.net.nz /larryogden/facts.html (1996 words)

	New Zealand Travel Information - Car Rentals, Accommodation, Tours and Travel Passes
		Cross the Canterbury Plains and follow the banks of the Waimakariri River to reach the Southern Alps and Arthur's Pass.
		Pass the fruit extensive orchards of the Alexandra and Roxbourgh regions prior to descending down the Manuka Gorge to reach the fertile South Taieri Plains.
		This morning farewell the Catlins Coast and cross the Southland Plains to Invercargill.
	www.newzealandnz.co.nz /holiday/seenz/exposure.htm (616 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I was brought up on the plains of Southland, where frequent rains maintained a verdant carpet of green grass to fatten our lambs.
		Central Otago was the perfect contrast, dry as to Southland was damp, golden as Southland was green.
		We swam in the lakes, tramped the hills of waving tussock and explored the old gold towns where we imagined the ghosts of miners long gone stalking the ruins and rock outcrops.
	www.nzadventures.co.nz /eisdale.html (1005 words)

	Scoop: Water Conservation Order Sought For Oreti River
		The catchment commences southwest of Lake Wakatipu then crosses the Southland Plains to enter the sea near Invercargill about 200 km from its source.
		The Southland region supports more gulls than anywhere else in the world so the Oreti is nationally, and internationally important for this threatened species.
		Environment Southland will continue to manage the river so that those that live alongside it and use it now will not be further restricted.,” he says.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PO0505/S00091.htm (1266 words)

	Motorhome and RV Rentals World Wide - New Zealand Auckland to Auckland 15 Day Itinerary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Enjoy the scenery as you travel across the manicured Canterbury Plains to seaside Timaru, whitestone Oamaru and alongside the rugged coastline to Palmerston.
		Cross the fertile Southland plains through Balclutha and Gore to the splendour of Fiordland.
		The plains of the McKenzie Country lie before you, and the Southern Alps to your left as you reach the central lakes.
	www.mhrww.com /nz_15day.htm (708 words)

	Invercargill Bluff
		From the lookout on the summit of Bluff Hill Motupohue a panorama of Southland’s mountains, plains, estuaries and islands is revealed.
		The Bluff Oyster is celebrated annually at the Bluff Oyster and Southland Seafood Festival, which is held annually on Foreshore Road in Bluff.
		Bluff is only twenty seven kilometres south of Invercargill, from which a regular bus service operates.
	www.invercargill.org.nz /Attractions/Bluff.asp (208 words)

	Askiran Imperial Republic
		Askira is a generally mountainous island with several large regions of plains as well as numerous smaller islands toward the north of Askira.
		The Pellenor Plains in the east and the Southland Plains in the extreme south are the only extensive lowland areas of Askira.
		The many rivers of Askira, which is 27,133 square miles in area, rise mostly in the eastern and central mountain ranges.
	www.freewebs.com /askira/landclimate.htm (626 words)

	Beersheba - Your Hosts-Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Your hosts, Michael and Anne Broad are born and bred Southlanders.
		Previously, they were sheep farmers on the Southland Plains.
		Michael and Anne are passionate about meeting new people and welcoming you to their beautiful Southland.
	www.beersheba.co.nz /Your-Hosts (152 words)

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