Waikato River

The Waikato River is the longest in New Zealand, running for 425 kilometres through the . It starts on the eastern slopes of , joining the system and flowing through , New Zealand's largest lake.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Watercourse
  • Description: longest river in New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Waikato”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Waikato and Maioro.

Village
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is a New Zealand town that sits on the south bank of the Waikato River, at its outflow into the Tasman Sea, in the northern Waikato. is a well-known surfing and whitebaiting destination and a popular holiday spot.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 8 km north of Waikato River.

Hamlet
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is a rural settlement in the and region of New Zealand's . It is located south of and west of , on the northern side of the Waikato River. is situated 9 km north of Waikato River.

Waikato River

Latitude
-37.38333° or 37° 23′ south
Longitude
174.71667° or 174° 43′ east
Open location code
4VJPJP88+MM
Geo­Names ID
2180291
Wiki­data ID
Q1048219
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Waikato River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر وايكاتو”
  • Armenian: “Ուայքատո (գետ)”
  • Armenian: “Ուայքատո”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Waikato”
  • Basque: “Waikato ibaia”
  • Belarusian: “Вайката”
  • Breton: “Waikato”
  • Bulgarian: “Уайкато”
  • Catalan: “Riu Waikato”
  • Cebuano: “Waikato River”
  • Central Bikol: “Salog Waikato”
  • Chinese: “怀卡托河”
  • Chuvash: “Уаикато”
  • Czech: “Waikato River”
  • Czech: “Waikato”
  • Dutch: “Waikato Rivier”
  • Dutch: “Waikato”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر وايكاتو”
  • Estonian: “Waikato jõgi”
  • French: “Waikato River”
  • French: “Waikato”
  • German: “Waikato River”
  • Greek: “Γουαϊκάτο”
  • Greek: “Ποταμός Γουαϊκάτο”
  • Hindi: “वायकाटो नदी”
  • Hungarian: “Waikato”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Waikato”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Waikato”
  • Irish: “Waikato”
  • Italian: “Waikato”
  • Japanese: “ワイカト川”
  • Korean: “와이카토강”
  • Lithuanian: “Vaikatas”
  • Lithuanian: “Vaikato”
  • Macedonian: “Ваикато”
  • Malay: “Sungai Waikato”
  • Malayalam: “വൈകാതോ നദി”
  • Maori: “Waikato”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Waikato”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Waikato River”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Waikatoelva”
  • Norwegian: “Waikato”
  • Persian: “رود وایکاتو”
  • Polish: “Waikato”
  • Quechua: “Río Waikato”
  • Quechua: “Waikato Mayu”
  • Quechua: “Waikato River”
  • Quechua: “Waykatu Mayu”
  • Russian: “Ваикато”
  • Russian: “Уаикато (река)”
  • Russian: “Уаикато”
  • Serbian: “Vaikato”
  • Serbian: “Ваикато”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Waikato”
  • Spanish: “Rio Waikato”
  • Spanish: “Río Waikato”
  • Swedish: “Waikato River”
  • Swedish: “Waikatofloden”
  • Turkish: “Waikato Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Ваїкато”
  • Welsh: “Afon Waikato”

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Localities in the Area

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