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Water Level 7 days
Rainfall 7 days
Flow 7 days
Monitoring site comments
The Gorge water level and rainfall recorder is situated on the Karamea River in the lower Karamea catchment, 12km upstream of the township of Karamea. The site has a catchment area of 1160km2. The site commonly records dramatic rises in water level in response to heavy rain when rates or water level rise of 0.7m per hour are not uncommon. Summer water levels at this site can get as low as 0.7 metres but normal water levels are closer to 1.0 metres. A high flood water level of 5.6 metres was recorded at this site in October 1998. The First Stage Alarm Level for Flood Warning at this site is 4.0 metres.
This site records a mean annual rainfall of 2760mm and daily falls of up to 140mm.
This site is operated by the National Institute of Water & Atmosphere as part of the National Hydrometric Monitoring Network, and is a part of the West Coast Regional Council Flood Warning Network.