Tafkin Kaniere

**Tafkin Kaniere** wani tafki ne na glacial da ke gabar Yamma na Tsibirin Kudu na New Zealand. Kusan  zurfi, tafkin yana kewaye da gefen uku da duwatsu da dajin rimu balagagge. Mutane da yawa suna ɗaukarsa a matsayin mafi kyawun tafkunan Yammacin Tekun Yamma,  kuma sanannen wurin yawon buɗe ido ne da wurin nishadi.

## Geography
Lake Kaniere yana da  kudu maso gabashin Hokitika, tsakanin jeri biyu na tsaunuka. Kusan   , shi ne na biyu kawai zuwa tafkin Brunner a girman a tsakanin tafkunan Yammacin Tekun Yamma. Yana fuskantar arewa-kudu, 8&nbsp;km tsawo da 2&nbsp;km fadi, kuma yana da iyakar zurfin 195 m.  Dutsen Graham da Dutsen Kai tsaye / Te Taumata o Uekanuku suna gabar yammacin tafkin, Tūhua a gabas. An haɗa tafkin a cikin  Lake Kaniere Scenic Reserve. 

Hanyar daga Hokitika ta hadu da arewacin gabar tafkin a "The Landing" kuma ta rabu; Hanyar Dorothy Falls ta bi ta gefen gabas na tafkin ta wuce Hans Bay da Dorothy Falls zuwa kogin Styx, yayin da ɗayan cokali mai yatsa ya yi ɗan gajeren hanya zuwa yamma zuwa Sunny Bight.  Hanyar tafiya ta sa'o'i hudu tana ci gaba zuwa yammacin tafkin kafin shiga Dorothy Falls Road.  Yawancin gidaje a tafkin Kaniere a yau gidajen hutu ne, kuma akwai filin sansanin DOC a Hans Bay. 

## Geology
Tafkin Kaniere an halicce shi ne ta hanyar ayyukan kankara a cikin shekaru 14,000 na ƙarshe da suka wuce, kamar yawancin tafkunan Yammacin Tekun Yamma. A halin yanzu yana magudawa cikin Tekun Tasman a ƙarshen arewacinta ta kogin Kaniere, amma a baya mashigar ta tana a ƙarshen kudu, tana shiga cikin kogin Styx . Zaftarewar kasa ta toshe wannan hanyar fita, inda ta karkatar da ruwa zuwa arewa. 

## Fauna
Rafukan da ke ciyarwa cikin tafkin gida ne ga nau'ikan kifayen gida da yawa, gami da masu cin zarafi na yau da kullun, ƙoramar ƙorafi, kōkopu banded da ƙaton kōkopu .  Tafkin yana cike da kifaye a baya, kuma galibi yana dauke da kifi mai ruwan kasa da kuma perch .  

Yawancin nau'in tsuntsaye na asali kuma ana iya samun su a ciki da kuma kewayen tafkin, irin su kananan shags, baƙar fata, New Zealand scaup, aljanna shelducks da pukeko, da kuma, da wuya, launin toka .  Akwai nau'i-nau'i na whio da yawa a cikin kogin Styx a ƙarshen ƙarshen tafkin. A cikin dajin da ke kewaye akwai kambi mai launin rawaya, ruru, rifleman, launin ruwan kasa mai rarrafe, wani lokacin kea . 

Mazaunan Māori na farko sun sami kakapo masu yawa a kusa da tafkin. 

## Flora
Yankin tafkin Kaniere Scenic Reserve ya ƙunshi balagagge rimu, kuma ana ɗaukarsa ɗaya daga cikin wuraren da suka fi dacewa da muhalli na gandun daji a tsakiyar Tekun Yamma.  Tsarin gandun daji na rimu ya bambanta: a kan filaye na waje, yana dauke da rātā ( *Metrosideros* ) da kaikawaka ( *Libocedrus bidwillii* ), yayin da a kan gangaren akwai karin supplejack ( *Ripogonum scandens* ), kiekie ( *Freycinetia banksii )*, da mipitysro ( *Prumginea* ). A cikin yankunan swampier akwai wasu nau'in bishiyoyi, ciki har da manoao ( *Manoao colensoi* ), kaikawaka, da kahikatea ( *Dacrycarpus dacrydioides* ). 

## Tarihin ɗan adam

A zamanin kafin Turai, tafkin Kaniere ya kasance muhimmin mahinga kai (wurin taro na abinci) ga Māori, tare da dogon fin da weka kasancewa biyu daga cikin mahimman albarkatun abinci a ciki da wajen tafkin. 

A shekara ta 1909, an gina wani ƙaramin tashar samar da wutar lantarki a kan kogin Kaniere, a kan farashin fam 15,000, don samar da wutar lantarki da kayan aikin famfo a ma'adanin gwal na Ross .  Ana ɗaukar ruwa a kusa da magudanar ruwa a arewacin ƙarshen tafkin kuma yana tafiya 9&nbsp;km ta cikin jerin ramuka da fulawa zuwa tashar wutar lantarki ta tagwaye masu iya samar da 520&nbsp;kW; An fara amfani da tseren ruwa don sluicing zinariya a yankin Kaniere. Mafi shahara daga cikin bututun katako, Johnson's Flume, ya rushe a 1973 kuma an maye gurbinsa da aikin ƙasa. Tashar wutar lantarki ta Kaniere Forks daga baya ta ba da dredge na gwal a Rimu, kuma bayan 1931 ya samar da wutar lantarki na musamman ga Hokitika, a yau yana ba da 3.75 GWh kowace shekara ga garin.   Hanyar tafiya ta awa 3½ tana bin tseren ruwa, wani ɓangare na Trail Wilderness Trail . 

Lake Kaniere sanannen wuri ne don ayyukan nishaɗi kamar zango, ɗaukar kaya, jetboating, jetskiing, da kuma ƙetare ruwa .  Masu halitta suna amfani da shi lokaci-lokaci don yin iyo tsirara;  New Zealand ba ta da rairayin bakin teku masu tsiraici na hukuma, kamar yadda tsiraicin jama'a ya halatta a kowane rairayin bakin teku inda aka "sanin faruwa".  Har ila yau, shi ne babban ruwa ga Hokitika. 

## Manazarta