Tarawera River

The Tarawera River is in the Bay of Plenty Region in the North Island of New Zealand. It flows from Lake Tarawera, northeastwards across the northern flanks of the active volcano Mount Tarawera, and past the town of Kawerau before turning north, reaching the Bay of Plenty 6 kilometres west of Edgecumbe.

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Latitude

-38.13933° or 38° 8′ 22″ south

Longitude

176.56259° or 176° 33′ 45″ east

Elevation

4 metres (13 feet)

Open location code

4VHRVH67+72

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OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=river

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tarawera River”. Photo: JShook, CC BY 2.5.