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.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Rakaia River Mouth”
Rakaia River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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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.
- Asturian: “Ríu Rakaia”
- Catalan: “riu Rakaia”
- Cebuano: “Rakaia River”
- Central Bikol: “Salog Rakaia”
- Chinese: “拉卡亚河”
- Dutch: “Rakaia River”
- French: “Rakaia River”
- French: “Rakaia”
- German: “Rakaia River”
- Irish: “Rakaia”
- Lithuanian: “Rakaja”
- Maori: “Rakaia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rakaiaelva”
- Russian: “Ракаиа (река)”
- Russian: “Ракаиа”
- Spanish: “Río Rakaia”
- Welsh: “Afon Rakaia”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Rakaia Huts and Little Rakaia.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Rakaia Lagoon and Ellesmere Reserve.
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