Wairoa River (Tasman)

Wairoa River
View from Bridge No. 1362 on New Zealand State Highway 6 to the northwest
Data
location	Tasman District , South Island
River system	Waimea River
Drain over	Waimea River  → Tasman Bay
origin	Confluence of the Wairoa Left Branch River and the Wairoa Right Branch River 41 ° 29 ′ 5 ″  S , 173 ° 4 ′ 45 ″  E
Source height	120  m
confluence	with the Wai-iti River to the Waimea River Coordinates: 41 ° 20 ′ 43 ″  S , 173 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  E 41 ° 20 ′ 43 ″  S , 173 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  E
Mouth height	9  m
Height difference	111 m
Bottom slope	5.3 ‰
length	21 km
Right tributaries	Lee River

Wairoa River Left Branch
location	Marlborough District and Tasman District
source	north of Maungakura / Red Hill in the Richmond Range 41 ° 36 ′ 39 ″  S , 173 ° 3 ′ 1 ″  E
Source height	1450  m
confluence	with the Wairoa River Right Branch to Wairoa River 41 ° 29 ′ 5 ″  S , 173 ° 4 ′ 45 ″  E
Mouth height	120  m
Height difference	1330 m
Bottom slope	54 ‰
length	24.5 km
actually the right source river

Wairoa River Right Branch
location	Marlborough District and Tasman District
source	On the western flank of Mount Glennie 41 ° 34 ′ 7 ″  S , 173 ° 1 ′ 18 ″  E
Source height	1160  m
confluence	with the Wairoa River Left Branch to Wairoa River 41 ° 29 ′ 5 ″  S , 173 ° 4 ′ 45 ″  E
Mouth height	120  m
Height difference	1040 m
Bottom slope	70 ‰
length	14.9 km
actually the left source river

The Wairoa River is a river in the Tasman District on the South Island of New Zealand .

Origin of name

In the Māori language , “ Wairoa ” means “long river”.

geography

The Wairoa River is created by the confluence of the two rivers, the Wairoa River Left Branch and the Wairoa River Right Branch, east of the Gordon Range and around 10 km south-southeast of Wakefield . From there, the river first flows in a meandering, then relatively straightforward to the north, and then after about 21 km along with the Wai-iti River to the Waimea River to form. This then flows northwest of Richmond into the Waimea Inlet , which in turn flows into the Tasman Bay .

Wairoa River Left Branch

The Wairoa River Left Branch rises north of the 1791  m high Maungakura / Red Hill in the Richmond Range , has a length of around 24.5 km and joins the foothills of the Gordon Range with the Wairoa River Right Branch to the east .

Wairoa River Right Branch

The Wairoa River Right Branch rises on the western flank of the 1,361  m high Mount Glennie in the Richmond Range and flows for 14.9 km along the eastern flanks of the Gordon Range .

See also

There are other rivers of the same name in New Zealand:

• Wairoa River

Web links

Commons : Wairoa River  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed February 2, 2018 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Coordinates and longitude determinations were partly made via Google Earth Version 7.1.8.3036 on February 2nd, 2018.
3. ↑ Thomas Ludovic Grant-Taylor : Wairoa River . In: An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , April 22, 2009, accessed February 2, 2018 .