Pareora River
Pareora River | |
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Country | New Zealand |
Basin | |
Main source | Hunters Hills |
River mouth | Pacific Ocean |
Physical characteristics | |
Length | 56 km (35 mi) |
The Pareora River is a river of the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. It has its origins in several small streams flowing from the Hunters Hills, and flows north before turning southeast to reach the Pacific ocean at the southern end of the township of Pareora, 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Timaru. The river ends in a hapua-type river mouth, this means the flow to the ocean is impeded by a gravel bank.[1]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Creed 2014
References
"Place Name Detail: Pareora River". New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
Creed, Sam (2014). A classification of small hapua-type river mouths on the mixed sand and gravel coasts of Canterbury, New Zealand (PDF) (Thesis). University of Canterbury. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
Coordinates: 44°30′S 171°13′E / 44.500°S 171.217°E