| 词条 | Firth of Thames |
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| name = Firth of Thames | photo = Coromandel.arp.375pix.jpg | photo_alt = | photo_caption = An image showing the Hauraki Gulf. The Firth of Thames is the large bay to the southeast. | photo_width = | map_image = | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_width = | location = North Island of New Zealand | nearest_city = | coordinates = | coords_ref = | area = {{convert|8927|ha}} | refnum = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = | url = | embedded = {{Designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = Ramsar | designation1_date = 29 January 1990 | designation1_number = 459[1]}} }} The Firth of Thames ({{lang-mi|Tikapa Moana-o-Hauraki}}) is a large bay located in the north of the North Island of New Zealand. It is the firth of the rivers Waihou and Piako, the former of which was formerly named the Thames River, and the town of Thames lies on its southeastern coast. Its Maori name is Tikapa. The firth lies at the southern end of the Hauraki Gulf, southeast of the city of Auckland. It occupies a rift valley or graben between the Coromandel Peninsula and Hunua Ranges which continues into the Hauraki Plains to the south. ConservationThe Firth of Thames is an important site for waders or shorebirds, and is listed as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. The Miranda Shorebird Centre, operated by the Miranda Naturalists' Trust, is located on the western shore of the bay at Miranda. However, the firth overall is severely damaged by man-made influences, especially dairy-farm run-off, and has not recovered from large-scale mussel dredging over 40 years after the practice ceased (more information in the Hauraki Gulf article).[2][3] Whales such as southern right whales (one of two of the first confirmed birth records in main islands waters since the end of commercial and illegal whaling was observed in Browns Bay region in 2012) and Bryde's whales can be seen in the bay to calve and rest.[4]See also
References1. ^{{Cite web|title=Firth of Thames|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/459|accessdate=25 April 2018}} {{Coord|37|00|S|175|25|E|region:NZ_type:waterbody_scale:1000000|display=title}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Firth Of Thames}}2. ^{{cite news|title=Health of gulf in danger of collapsing|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/auckland-region/news/article.cfm?l_id=117&objectid=10734540|accessdate=30 June 2011|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=26 June 2011|first=Kieran|last=Nash}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=The Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, Part 2|date=3 March 2010|work=Inset to The New Zealand Herald|pages=4}} 4. ^http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/huge-whale-calf-in-the-firth-of-thames-today_topic81602_page2.html 5 : Bays of New Zealand|Wetlands of Waikato|Thames-Coromandel District|Ramsar sites in New Zealand|Rifts and grabens |
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