Rakaia River
The Rakaia River is in the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand's South Island. The Rakaia River is one of the largest braided rivers in New Zealand. The Rakaia River has a mean flow of 203 cubic metres per second and a mean annual seven-day low flow of 87 m3/s.
- Stream
- …is also known as “Rakaia River Mouth”
- Description: river in New Zealand
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Latitude
-43.90068° or 43° 54′ 2″ south
Longitude
172.20623° or 172° 12′ 22″ east
Open location code
4V8J36X4+PF
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Rakaia River” goes by many names.
Ríu RakaiaAsturian
riu RakaiaCatalan
Rakaia RiverCebuano
Salog RakaiaCentral Bikol
拉卡亚河Chinese
Rakaia RiverDutch
RakaiaIrish
RakajaLithuanian
RakaiaMaori
Rakaia RiverNorwegian Nynorsk
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