Ahuriri
Ahuriri is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- -44.46°, 169.95°
About Ahuriri
The Ahuriri River is a river in the Canterbury and Otago Regions of the South Island of New Zealand.
The headwaters are on the eastern flanks of the Southern Alps. The river flows for 70 kilometres (43 mi) through the southernmost part of the Mackenzie Basin before reaching the Ahuriri Arm of Lake Benmore, one of the lakes in the Waitaki hydroelectric project. From there, the waters join with those of the Waitaki, which has its outflow in the Pacific Ocean.
Much of the upper portion of the river is in the Ahuriri Conservation Park, and it is a well-regarded fly fishing river, supporting both brown and rainbow trout.
A notable rock formation, the Omarama or Ahuriri River Clay Cliffs, is located close to the river's north bank some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of the township of Omarama. Omarama is the main settlement close to the river.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Ahuriri River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Ahuriri: Key Facts
| Length | 70 km |
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Facts from Wikidata Q403053 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Ahuriri: Quick Answers
- Where is Ahuriri?
- Ahuriri is located in New Zealand, at 44.4594° S, 169.9456° E.
- Are there dams on the Ahuriri?
- No dam on the Ahuriri is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.