Ōpārara River

The Ōpārara River is a river in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island. It is best known for the limestone arches it carved in the Oparara Basin.

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Type: Stream
Description: river in New Zealand
Also known as: “Oparara River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Karamea Aerodrome and Karamea Centennial Museum.

Karamea Aerodrome

Aerodrome

Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.

The Karamea Aerodrome serves the town of Karamea, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is a non certificated aerodrome located around 1.4 kilometres northwest of the town. Karamea Aerodrome is situated 2½ km south of Ōpārara River.

Karamea Centennial Museum

Museum

Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.

Karamea Centennial Museum is a museum in Karamea on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Karamea Centennial Museum is situated 3½ km south of Ōpārara River.

Karamea Area School

School

Photo: Marshelec, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Karamea Area School is situated 3½ km south of Ōpārara River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ōpārara and Karamea.

Ōpārara

Locality

Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.

Ōpārara is a locality.

Karamea

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Karamea is a small town near the northern end of the West Coast region of the South Island of New Zealand. Apart from a narrow coastal strip, the town of Karamea and its local area are completely surrounded to the south, east and north by Kahurangi National Park.

Market Cross

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.

Market Cross is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km south of Ōpārara River.

Ōpārara River

Latitude

-41.21667° or 41° 13′ south

Longitude

172.11667° or 172° 7′ east

Elevation

6 metres (20 feet)

Open location code

4VCJQ4M8+8M

GeoNames ID

2185538

Wikidata ID

Q7095595

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Ōpārara River” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Oparara River”
Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اوپارارا”
French: “Oparara”
German: “Oparara River”
German: “Ōpārara River”
Irish: “Ōparara”
Maori: “Ōparara”
Welsh: “Afon Oparara”

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Localities in the Area

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