Kowhai River
The Kowhai River is a river of the northeast of New Zealand's South Island. It flows south from the slopes of Manakau in the Seaward Kaikōura Range, turning southeast as it reaches its narrow coastal plain.Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Kohai River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kaikōura High School.
Kaikōura High School
School
Kaikōura High School is a state co-educational secondary school in Kaikōura, New Zealand. The first secondary school in Kaikōura was a district high school, which opened in 1903. Kaikōura High School is situated 4 km northeast of Kowhai River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peketa and South Bay.
Peketa
Hamlet
Photo: Alfie66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peketa is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km west of Kowhai River.
South Bay
Quarter
Photo: Marshelec, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Bay is a quarter, which is situated 4 km east of Kowhai River.
Kaikoura
Photo: Inkey, Public domain.
Kaikoura is a small coastal town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, about 180 km north of Christchurch and 130 km south of Blenheim.
Kowhai River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Kowhai River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kowhai River”
- Chinese: “科威河”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كوهاى”
- French: “Kowhai”
- Hausa: “Kogin Kowhai”
- Irish: “Kōwhai”
- Maori: “Kōwhai”
- Ukrainian: “Ковгай”
- Welsh: “Afon Kowhai”
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