Mangatangi River

Mangatangi River
Mangatangi River is located in New Zealand
Mangatangi River
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationHunua Ranges
 • elevation688 m (2,257 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Maramarua River
 • elevation
15 m (49 ft)
Lengthapprox. 35 km (22 mi)
Basin size196 km2 (76 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationSH 2 bridge
 • minimum0.127 cubic metres per second (28 imperial gallons per second)
 • maximum183 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]

  1. ^ "1000 Māori place names - Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. ^ "North Eastern Waikato Community Plan 2011" (PDF). Waikato District Council.