Taieri Plains

The Taieri Plains are an area of fertile land southwest of Dunedin in the Otago region of New Zealand. The plane is about 300 square kilometers with a largest dimension of about 30 km.

The Floodplain of the Taieri and Waipori River bounded on the west by the mountains of Maungatua and Silver Peak, the south and east by low hills along the coast.

Dairy and sheep farming determine the agriculture, the attitude of deer gaining in importance. Because of the emergence of the plane floods are not uncommon, especially at the confluence of the two rivers. Therefore, for the protection of cultivated land, the houses and the Dunedin International Airport were created at Momona dikes, the State Highway 1 crosses the plane.

New Zealand's lowest point, which is some 2 m below sea level, is located north of the airport at the Kirks Drain Road.

In the northeast, the level is the city of Dunedin, which is separated from the plain by a chain of rugged hills that are part of the crater of an extinct volcano. At the northeast edge of the plane, which belongs to Dunedin City Mosgiel. Other settlements and villages are Outram, Henley, Allanton and Momona.

In the southeast separates the rolling hills. Taieri Plains from the other lowland areas of South Otago and Tokomairiro River and the Clutha River The Twin Lakes Lake and Lake Waihola Waipori located in these hills.