Pororari River
The Pororari River, with an older spelling of Porarari, is a river of the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows northwest from its sources in the Paparoa Range, reaching the Tasman Sea at Punakaiki via Pororari Lagoon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Javiersanp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: River
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Porarari”, “Porarari River”, and “Razorback River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pororari Lagoon and Punakaiki Cavern.
Paparoa National Park Visitor Centre
Tourism office
Photo: Wildman NZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paparoa National Park Visitor Centre is a tourism office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Punakaiki and Te Miko.
Punakaiki
Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Punakaiki is on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island and has the Department of Conservation Centre for the surrounding Paparoa National Park. It has great coastal scenery and is best known for the Pancake Rocks and Blow Holes.
Pororari River
- Category: body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-42.10622° or 42° 6′ 22″ southLongitude
171.34495° or 171° 20′ 42″ eastOpen location code
4V9HV8VV+GXOpenStreetMap ID
way 563786454OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=river
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Pororari River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pororari River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بورورارى”
- French: “Pororari”
- German: “Porarari”
- German: “Pororari River”
- Welsh: “Afon Pororari”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pororari River Track Trailhead and Pororari River Bridge.
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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 “Pororari River”. Photo: Javiersanp, CC BY-SA 3.0.