Awatere
Awatere 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
- -41.88°, 173.64°
About Awatere
The Awatere River is a large river flowing through Marlborough, New Zealand. Flowing along the trace of the active Awatere Fault, it runs northeast through a straight valley to the west of the Inland Kaikōura mountains. This valley is parallel with that of the Waiau Toa / Clarence River, 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the south.
It flows for 110 kilometres (68 mi) from its source in the mountainous interior to reach Cook Strait close to the town of Seddon.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "swift river" for Awatere in Māori.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Awatere River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Awatere: Key Facts
| Length | 110 km |
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Facts from Wikidata Q791642 (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
Awatere: Quick Answers
- Where is Awatere?
- Awatere is located in New Zealand, at 41.8825° S, 173.6431° E.
- Are there dams on the Awatere?
- No dam on the Awatere is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.