Opuha River

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Opuha River
View of the river dammed up by a weir below Lake Opuha (view to the southeast)

View of the river dammed up by a weir
below Lake Opuha
(view to the southeast)

Data
location Canterbury , South Island , New Zealand
River system Opihi River
Drain over Opihi River  → Pacific Ocean
origin Lake Opuha
44 ° 0 ′ 4 "  S , 170 ° 53 ′ 31"  E
Source height 350  m
muzzle Opihi River Coordinates: 44 ° 10 ′ 30 "  S , 170 ° 59 ′ 34"  E 44 ° 10 ′ 30 "  S , 170 ° 59 ′ 34"  E
Mouth height 130  m
Height difference 220 m
Bottom slope 8.8 ‰
length 25 km
Catchment area 64.192 km²

The Opuha River is a 25 km long river in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand .

geography

The Opuha River is formed today with the outflow of the Lake Opuha reservoir and is located around 12 km north-northeast of the town of Fairlie . The reservoir is mainly fed by the two rivers North Opuha River and South Opuha River , which formed the Opuha River before the reservoir was created by their confluence . After about 25 km in a south-easterly direction, the river finally flows into the Opihi River as a left tributary .

The New Zealand State Highway 79 runs part of the southwest at a distance of 1 to 2 km parallel to the Opuha River until it crosses the river at Skipton Reserve and then turns east.

literature

  • Edward Hearnshaw, Ross Cullen, Ken Hughey : Ecosystem services review of water projects . In: Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conferenc . 2010 (English, online [PDF; 877 kB ; accessed on January 25, 2020]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Opuha River . In: NZ Topo Map . Gavin Harriss , accessed January 25, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.2.5776 on January 25, 2020
  3. ^ Hearnshaw, Cullen, Hughey : Ecosystem services review of water projects . 2010, p.  6 .
  4. ↑ a b c Topo maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed January 25, 2020 .