| Thunder Creek Falls | |
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| Location | Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 44°02′17″S 169°21′55″E / 44.03806°S 169.36528°E |
| Total height | 28 metres (92 ft) |
| Watercourse | Thunder Creek |
Thunder Creek Falls is a waterfall in Mount Aspiring National Park, Westland District, New Zealand. It is located in the Haast River valley, around 52 kilometres (32 mi) inland from Haast, near the Gates of Haast bridge on State Highway 6.[1] The falls are about 28 metres (92 ft) high[a][2] and the base is at an elevation of around 120 metres (390 ft) where it flows into the Haast River.[3]
The waterfall is the outlet of Thunder Creek, draining from a hanging valley created by erosion caused by the former Haast glacier and the Haast River.[4] Over a period of around 14,000 years, the Haast River has formed a canyon, eroding the bedrock down by approximately the 28 m height of the falls.[5]
- ^ "Place name detail: Thunder Creek Falls". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Walks along Haast Highway - Mount Aspiring National Park walks" (PDF). Department of Conservation. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "NZ Topo Map - Thunder Creek Falls".
- ^ "Opening up the Haast". The Press. 29 June 1972 – via Papers Past.
- ^ Kerry-Jayne Wilson (2017). West Coast Walking: A naturalist's guide (2nd ed.). Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. ISBN 978-1-927145-42-5. OL 29806566M. Wikidata Q98762244.
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