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Water Level 7 days
Rainfall 7 days
Monitoring site comments
The Paparoa water level and rainfall recorder is situated at a tarn on Mt Faraday in the Paparoa Ranges. The tarn is at the headwaters of Sirdar Creek, a tributary of the Nile River. The site is located at an altitude of 1250 metres and the tarn has a catchment area of 0.2km2. The site can record quite dramatic rises in water level in the tarn in response to heavy rain.
This site records a mean annual rainfall of 6150mm and daily falls of up to 290mm.
This site is a part of the West Coast Regional Council Flood Warning Network.