Kurow River

The Kurow River is a river of North Otago, New Zealand. A tributary of the Waitaki River, it rises in Saint Marys Range and flows into that river downstream of Kurow.

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Kurow

Village

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Kurow is a small town in the Waitaki District, New Zealand. It is located on the south bank of the Waitaki River, 60 kilometres northwest of Oamaru. The name is an Anglicised form of the Māori name of the nearby mountain, Te Kohurau. Kurow is situated 3 km northwest of Kurow River.

Hakataramea

Locality

Hakataramea, spelt Hakateramea in some older sources, is a rural village located in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is in the Waimate District and sits on the north bank of the Waitaki River at its confluence with the Hakataramea River. Hakataramea is situated 3½ km north of Kurow River.

Kurow River

Type: Stream
Description: river in New Zealand
Categories: river and body of water
Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-44.75° or 44° 45′ south

Longitude

170.5° or 170° 30′ east

Elevation

190 metres (623 feet)

Open location code

4V7G7G22+22

GeoNames ID

2188571

Wikidata ID

Q6446424

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In Other Languages

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

Cebuano: “Kurow River”
French: “Kurow”
Hausa: “Kogin Kurow”
Welsh: “Afon Kurow”

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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 “Kurow River”. Photo: Inkey, Public domain.