Whangamomona River
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| location | North Island (New Zealand) | |
| River system | Whanganui River | |
| Drain over | Whanganui → Tasman Sea | |
| source | Whangamomona saddle 39 ° 9 ′ 42 ″ S , 174 ° 42 ′ 7 ″ O |
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| muzzle | River kilometer 103 of the Whanganui River Coordinates: 39 ° 16 ′ 17 " S , 174 ° 53 ′ 23" E 39 ° 16 ′ 17 " S , 174 ° 53 ′ 23" E
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| length | 22 km | |
The Whangamomona River is a 22 km long river on the North Island of New Zealand . The place Whangamomona was named after him.
geography
The river rises west of the place Whangamomona at the level of the Whangamomona saddle , over which State Highway 43 runs in an east-west direction. From the source the river flows in an easterly direction, turns at the level of the village Whangamomona in the south-southwest direction and finally flows into the Whanganui River at the northern edge of the Matemateaonga Range at river kilometer 103 .
curiosity
Since the river belongs to the catchment area of the Whanganui River, a decision was made in 1989 in a reorganization of the regions from Wellington to add the catchment area of the river and thus also the place to the Manawatu-Wanganui region , although the place itself is at the district level to the Stratford District and thus actually belongs to the Taranaki region . This led to popular resistance and the proclamation of the Republic of Whangamomona .