# Cashmere Valley Upper Basin, a wetland of Christchurch

A named wetland in Christchurch, at Cashmere.

Suburb: [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/cashmere)

From the air, an aerial view of Cashmere Valley Upper Basin: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=lake-cashmere-valley-upper-basin (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Heathcote River, the managed reach
- [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [The plan zones this ground Rural Urban Fringe](https://www.chch.live/zones), RuUF
- [The rockfall survey counts 25 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 22 came down
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 584 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.584054&lon=172.626059&radius=250

## Around it

- [Walk and bike track through Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-400-cracroft), track · 1.0 km
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-366-cashmere), track · 1.3 km
- [Cashmere Valley Lower Basin](https://www.chch.live/lake/cashmere-valley-lower-basin), lake · ~700 m
- [Huntsbury Reservoir](https://www.chch.live/lake/huntsbury-reservoir), lake · 3.0 km
- [Wildlife Refuge](https://www.chch.live/lake/wildlife-refuge), lake · 5.2 km
- [Creamery Pond](https://www.chch.live/lake/creamery-pond), lake · 5.7 km


## The reports nearby
9 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7903416), [110 Shalamar Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/110-shalamar-drive)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7604717), [110 Shalamar Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/110-shalamar-drive)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7333024), [110 Shalamar Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/110-shalamar-drive)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7000410), [110 Shalamar Drive, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/110-shalamar-drive)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7000403), [110 Shalamar Drive, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/110-shalamar-drive)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5049295), [110 Shalamar Drive, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/110-shalamar-drive)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4231906), [109 Shalamar Drive, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/109-shalamar-drive)
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1545864), 99, Shalamar Drive, Cashmere, Canterbury, 8022, New Zealand
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/301363), 99, Shalamar Drive, Cashmere, 8022, Canterbury

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Cashmere Valley Upper Basin?**

A named wetland in Christchurch, at [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/cashmere), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Cashmere Valley Upper Basin?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the wetland, roughly the water’s middle. Neighbours on the register are near it, not the same record.


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The position and the names are OpenStreetMap’s, a named lake, lagoon, wetland or spring inside the city boundary (ODbL). A pin is the mapper’s position for the feature; the dual names are recorded as the map carries them.
The page: https://www.chch.live/lake/cashmere-valley-upper-basin
The whole roll as data: https://www.chch.live/lakes.geojson
The waterways: https://www.chch.live/river
The coast: https://www.chch.live/coast
