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Eastern Waiotauru River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Waiotauru River is a river of the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows generally north from two branches, the Waiotauru River (or Southern Waiotauru) and the Eastern Waiotauru (or Snowy) River. Both of these branches have their origins in the southwestern Tararua Range, with the Eastern branch having its origin on the slopes of Mount Hector, and the Southern on Renata. The Waiotauru meets the Ōtaki River at Ōtaki Forks, 16.6 kilometres (10 mi) southeast of Ōtaki.

Flows through: New Zealand.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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