Mangatangi River | |
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Location | |
Country | New Zealand |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Hunua Ranges |
• elevation | 688 m (2,257 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Maramarua River |
• elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
Length | approx. 35 km (22 mi) |
Basin size | 196 km2 (76 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | SH 2 bridge |
• minimum | 0.127 cubic metres per second (28 imperial gallons per second) |
• maximum | 183 m3/s (40,254 impgal/s) |
The Mangatangi River, or Mangatangi Stream, originates on the eastern slopes of the Hunua Ranges in New Zealand and flows roughly southwards until it is joined by the Ruaotehuia Stream just north of State Highway 2 between Mangatāwhiri and Maramarua, where it becomes the Maramarua River. Mangatangi can be translated as manga tangi to stream of weeping,[1] or as rippling stream, or babbling brook.[2]