Waitaki River
The Waitaki River is a large braided river in the South Island of New Zealand. It drains the Mackenzie Basin and runs 209 kilometres south-east to enter the Pacific Ocean between Timaru and Oamaru on the east coast.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Waitakidalen”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenavy.
Glenavy
Village
Glenavy is a small town in the South Island of New Zealand. Glenavy is situated 4 km northwest of Waitaki River.
Waitaki River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-44.93746° or 44° 56′ 15″ south
Longitude
171.14485° or 171° 8′ 42″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
4V7H347V+2W
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Waitaki River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Waitaki”
- Catalan: “Waitaki”
- Cebuano: “Waitaki River”
- Chinese: “怀塔基”
- Chuvash: “Уаитаки”
- Dutch: “Waitaki River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر وايتاكى”
- Estonian: “Waitaki jõgi”
- Finnish: “Waitaki”
- French: “Waitaki”
- German: “Waitaki River”
- Italian: “Waitaki”
- Japanese: “ワイタキ川”
- Lithuanian: “Vaitakis”
- Macedonian: “Ваитаки (река)”
- Macedonian: “Ваитаки”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Waitaki”
- Norwegian: “Waitaki”
- Polish: “Waitaki”
- Russian: “Уаитаки”
- Welsh: “Afon Waitaki”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Waitaki and Waitaki Bridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Oamaru Airport and Wai-iti Park.
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Worth a closer look: Auckland and Wellington.
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