Manawatū River
The Manawatū River is a major river of the lower North Island of New Zealand. The river flows from the Ruahine Ranges, through both the Manawatū Gorge and the city of Palmerston North, and across the Manawatū Plains to the Tasman Sea at Foxton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Manawatu River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Foxton Beach School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foxton Beach and Foxton.
Foxton Beach
Town
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Foxton Beach is a small settlement in the Horowhenua District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the South Taranaki Bight at the mouth of the Manawatū River, 35 kilometres southwest of Palmerston North, and six kilometres west of Foxton.
Foxton
Town
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Foxton is a town in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand - on the lower west coast of the North Island, in the Horowhenua district, 30 km southwest of Palmerston North and just north of Levin. Foxton is situated 6 km east of Manawatū River.
Waitarere Beach
Village
Waitārere Beach is a small settlement in the Horowhenua District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the South Taranaki Bight, 14 kilometres northwest of Levin, and 17 kilometres southwest of Foxton, both distances being by road. Waitarere Beach is situated 8 km south of Manawatū River.
Manawatū River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Manawatū River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Manawatū”
- Cebuano: “Manawatu River”
- Cebuano: “Manawatū River”
- Chinese: “馬納瓦圖河”
- Dutch: “Manawatu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ماناواتو”
- French: “Manawatu”
- German: “Manawatū River”
- Irish: “Manawatū”
- Kazakh: “Манавату”
- Lithuanian: “Manavatu”
- Maori: “Manawatū”
- Polish: “Manawatu (rzeka)”
- Polish: “Manawatu”
- Russian: “Манавату”
- Spanish: “Rio Manawatu”
- Spanish: “Río Manawatu”
- Venetian: “Fiume Manawatu”
- Welsh: “Afon Manawatu”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Manawatū River”. Photo: Brenda Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.