Amuri Plain

{{Short description|Plain in Canterbury, New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} The '''Amuri Plain''' (also known as the '''Amuri Basin''') is the northernmost extension of New Zealand's [[Canterbury Plains]]. It lies between the [[Waiau Uwha River|Waiau Uwha]] and [[Hurunui River]]s and is centred on the town of [[Culverden]]. Other population centres on the plain include [[Rotherham, New Zealand|Rotherham]].<ref>"[https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap?v=2&ll=-42.756151,172.875538&z=13 Amuri Plain] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218225840/https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap?v=2&ll=-42.756151%2C172.875538&z=13 |date=2022-02-18 }}," ''NZ Topo Map''. Retrieved 19 February 2022.</ref> The plains cover approximately {{convert|60000|ha|acres}}.

The southernmost part of the plain, close to the Hurunui River, is heavily planted in exotic trees (the Balmoral Forest); further north the land is pastoral, and is largely used for sheep and dairy farming. Farming was greatly assisted by the construction of a major irrigation scheme which began in 1977.<ref>Wilson, J., "[https://teara.govt.nz/en/canterbury-region/page-8 Canterbury region: Agriculture after 1900] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120231305/https://teara.govt.nz/en/canterbury-region/page-8 |date=2021-11-20 }}," ''[[Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand]]'', 6 July 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2022.</ref> This also led to growth in the population of the service town of Culverden.<ref>Wilson, J., "[https://teara.govt.nz/en/canterbury-places/page-2 Canterbury places: Amuri district] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205021858/https://teara.govt.nz/en/canterbury-places/page-2 |date=2021-12-05 }}," ''[[Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand]]'', 17 August 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2022.</ref>

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[[Category:Plains of New Zealand]] [[Category:Landforms of the Canterbury Region]]