Waimata River
The Waimata River is a river of the Gisborne Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows predominantly southwards to the city of Gisborne. Here it meets the waters of the Taruheru River, and the combined waters flow into the northern end of Poverty Bay as the Tūranganui River.- Type: River
- Description: river in the Gisborne District, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Waimate River” and “Waimatu River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tairāwhiti Museum and Wyllie Cottage.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Okitū and Whataupoko.
Okitū
Suburb
Whataupoko
Suburb
Photo: Pakoire, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whataupoko is the central residential suburb of the city of Gisborne in New Zealand. It is northeast of the Gisborne Central business district, across the Taruheru River, and north of the suburb of Kaiti, across the Waimata River.
Kaiti
Suburb
Waimata River
- Category: body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-38.6451° or 38° 38′ 42″ southLongitude
178.0678° or 178° 4′ 4″ eastElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
4VHW9339+X4OpenStreetMap ID
way 375191404OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
2180183Wikidata ID
Q7960104
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Waimata River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Waimata River (suba, lat -38,67, long 178,03)”
- Cebuano: “Waimata River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ويماتا”
- French: “Waimata”
- German: “Waimata River (Gisborne)”
- German: “Waimata River”
- Welsh: “Afon Waimata”
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