Maori River

Maori River
Maori River
Origin Mataketake Range
Mouth Waita River
Basin countries New Zealand
Length 15 kilometres (9.3 mi)

The Maori River is a river of the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows from several sources in the Mataketake Range east of Haast, passing through the small Tawharekiri Lakes before becoming a tributary of the Waita River, which flows into the Tasman Sea 15 kilometres north of Haast.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Place Name Detail: Maori River". New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database. Land Information New Zealand. http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/find-names/topographic-names-db/database/index.aspx?p=4947. Retrieved 2010-04-23. 

Coordinates: 43°47′58″S 169°07′03″E / 43.799337°S 169.117504°E / -43.799337; 169.117504


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