Waimea River (Tasman Bay)
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| location | South Island (New Zealand) | |
| River system | Waimea River | |
| origin | Confluence of the Wairoa River and the Wai-iti River north of Brightwater 41 ° 20 ′ 47 ″ S , 173 ° 6 ′ 56 ″ E |
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| muzzle | northwest of Richmond in the Tasman Bay Coordinates: 41 ° 17 ′ 7 ″ S , 173 ° 8 ′ 9 ″ E 41 ° 17 ′ 7 ″ S , 173 ° 8 ′ 9 ″ E |
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| length | 6 km | |
The Waimea River is only about 6 km long in the north of the South Island of New Zealand .
It is created by the confluence of the Wairoa River and the Wai-iti River about 3 km north of Brightwater . It flows northwest of Richmond across from Rabbit Island into Tasman Bay .
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- New Zealand Travel Atlas , Wise Maps Auckland. Card 47, ISBN 0-908794-47-9 .