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Freshwater River

The Freshwater River is the longest river on , the third largest of New Zealand's islands. It arises close to the island's northwestern point, from which it is separated by a ridge, and flows southeastward for 25 kilometres before reaching the on the island's central east coast.
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  • Type: River
  • Description: river on Stewart Island, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Ohekia” and “Ōhekia”

Freshwater River

Latitude
-46.88068° or 46° 52′ 51″ south
Longitude
167.93864° or 167° 56′ 19″ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
4V594W9Q+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 92191751
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
2190892
Wiki­data ID
Q5503122
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Freshwater River” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Freshwater River”
  • Chinese: “淡水河 (紐西蘭)”
  • Chinese: “淡水河”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر المياه العذبه”
  • French: “Freshwater”
  • German: “Freshwater River”
  • Irish: “Ōhekia”
  • Maori: “Ōhekia”
  • Slovenian: “Freshwater River”
  • Slovenian: “Freshwater”
  • Slovenian: “reka Freshwater”
  • Welsh: “Afon Freshwater”

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