Waiohine River | |
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Location | |
Country | New Zealand |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Lancaster Peak, Tararua Range |
• elevation | 1,500 m (4,920 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Ruamahanga River at Pāpāwai |
• elevation | 40 m (130 ft) |
Length | 35 km (22 mi) |
Basin size | 378 km2 (146 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 25 m3/s (880 cu ft/s) at Waiohine Gorge |
The Waiohine River is a river of the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island.
At first it flows generally south from its origins in the Tararua Range west of Ōtaki. It turns south-east once it reaches the plain where it passes to the north of Greytown and flows into the Ruamahanga River at Pāpāwai. Its main tributary is the Mangatarere Stream.[1]
Some of its water reaches Lake Wairarapa directly through many channels and irrigation features in Greytown's fruit-growing district.