Waiohine River
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CountryNew Zealand
locationLancaster Peak, Tararua Range
elevation1,500 m (4,920 ft)
location
Ruamāhanga River at Pāpāwai| Waiohine River | |
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.JPG) Waiohine River in Waiohine Gorge | |
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| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Lancaster Peak, Tararua Range |
| • elevation | 1,500 m (4,920 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Ruamāhanga River at Pāpāwai |
• elevation | 40 m (130 ft) |
| Length | 58 km (36 mi) |
| Basin size | 378 km2 (146 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 25 m3/s (880 cu ft/s) at Waiohine Gorge |
The Waiohine River is a river of the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island.
At first it flows generally south from its origins in the Tararua Range west of Ōtaki. It turns south-east once it reaches the plain where it passes to the north of Greytown and flows into the Ruamāhanga River at Pāpāwai. Its main tributary is the Mangātarere Stream.[1]
Some of its water reaches Lake Wairarapa directly through many channels and irrigation features in Greytown's fruit-growing district.
