Awakino River | |
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![]() The Awakino is the Wairoa tributary, which joins it from the north, nearest to the mouth | |
Location | |
Country | New Zealand |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Tutāmoe Range |
• elevation | 770 m (2,530 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Dargaville |
• elevation | 0m |
Length | 38 km (24 mi) |
Basin size | 116 km2 (45 sq mi) [1] |
The Awakino River is a river of the Kaipara District in Northland Region. It flows 38 km (24 mi), [2] generally south from the Awakino Stream, which rises on the Tutāmoe Range, to reach the Wairoa River on the eastern edge of Dargaville. [3] The river is crossed by SH14 [4] and the mothballed Dargaville Branch railway. [5]
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "Bad creek", [6] which accords with a 1981 description of "a slow, meandering drain through willows, swamp and flax lands, with little interest" and lined with muddy stop banks. [2]
"Place name detail: Waikawau River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
Awakino River | |
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![]() The Awakino is the Wairoa tributary, which joins it from the north, nearest to the mouth | |
Location | |
Country | New Zealand |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Tutāmoe Range |
• elevation | 770 m (2,530 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Dargaville |
• elevation | 0m |
Length | 38 km (24 mi) |
Basin size | 116 km2 (45 sq mi) [1] |
The Awakino River is a river of the Kaipara District in Northland Region. It flows 38 km (24 mi), [2] generally south from the Awakino Stream, which rises on the Tutāmoe Range, to reach the Wairoa River on the eastern edge of Dargaville. [3] The river is crossed by SH14 [4] and the mothballed Dargaville Branch railway. [5]
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "Bad creek", [6] which accords with a 1981 description of "a slow, meandering drain through willows, swamp and flax lands, with little interest" and lined with muddy stop banks. [2]
"Place name detail: Waikawau River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 12 July 2009.