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.
- River
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
-38.13933° or 38° 8′ 22″ south
Longitude
176.56259° or 176° 33′ 45″ east
Open location code
4VHRVH67+72
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = water
OpenStreetMap feature
water = river
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Tarawera River” goes by many names.
Ríu TaraweraAsturian
Riu TaraweraCatalan
Tarawera RiverCebuano
塔拉威拉河Chinese
نهر تراويرهEgyptian Arabic
Kogin TaraweraHausa
TaraweraPolish
Tarawera (rzeka)Polish
ТаравераRussian
reka TaraweraSlovenian
TaraweraSlovenian
Tarawera RiverSlovenian
Afon TaraweraWelsh
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