Whangaehu River
The Whangaehu River is a large river in the central North Island of New Zealand. Its headwaters are the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu on the central plateau, and it flows into the Tasman Sea eight kilometres southeast of Whanganui.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Wangaehu River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Koitiata and Rātana Pā.
Koitiata
Village
Koitiata is a settlement located in the southwestern part of Rangitikei District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. At the time of the 2018 census, Koitiata had a population of 126. Marton is located 24 km to the east and Whanganui is located 29 km to the northwest. Koitiata is situated 4½ km southeast of Whangaehu River.
Rātana Pā
Village
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Rātana Pā, or Ratana Community, is a town in the North Island of New Zealand, near Whanganui and Marton in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. The locality was the farm of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, the founder of a Māori religious and political movement, and the settlement developed in the 1920s as followers came to see Rātana. Rātana Pā is situated 6 km east of Whangaehu River.
Whangaehu
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
Whangaehu is a settlement in the Rangitikei District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. Whangaehu is located near the mouth of the Whangaehu River, a large river flowing from for 135 kilometres the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu on the central plateau, southward to the South Taranaki Bight in the Tasman Sea. Whangaehu is situated 7 km northeast of Whangaehu River.
Whangaehu River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Whangaehu River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Whangaehu”
- Catalan: “Whangaehu”
- Cebuano: “Whangaehu River”
- Chinese: “旺阿伊胡河”
- Dutch: “Whangaehu River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر وانچاهيو”
- French: “Whangaehu”
- German: “Whangaehu River”
- Hebrew: “והנגיהו”
- Irish: “Whangaehu”
- Japanese: “ファンガエフ川”
- Japanese: “フアンガエフ川”
- Maori: “Whangaehu”
- Romanian: “Whangaehu”
- Russian: “Фангаэху (река)”
- Russian: “Фангаэху”
- Spanish: “Río Whangaehu”
- Welsh: “Afon Whangaehu”
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