Buller River

The Buller River is a river in the of New Zealand. The Buller has the highest flow of any river in the country during floods, though it is only the 13th longest river; it runs for 177 km from through the Buller Gorge and into the Tasman Sea near the town of .
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Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Westport Airport and Sue Thomson Casey Memorial Library.

Aerodrome
Photo: Fmarier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an airport in Kawatiri, , . Originair has the only scheduled services into Westport, flying to Wellington using eighteen-seat BAE Jetstream 31.

Library
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
The , also known as the Westport Library and the Buller District Library, is a district library located in in the West Coast region of the of New Zealand.

Theater building
Photo: NZ Owen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a theater building, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Buller River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westport and Carters Beach.

Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY 3.0.
is the main town of the Buller District, in the northern part of the of the of . has spectacular beaches at its back door, and the mighty Buller River, the largest river by volume in NZ, runs right beside the town.

Village
Photo: PDXMaria, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb of Westport on the West Coast of 's South Island. Located 6 kilometres west of on State Highway 67A, it offers a pristine sheltered sandy beach on the West Coast suitable for swimming. is situated 3 km southwest of Buller River.

Locality
is a lightly populated locality in the West Coast region of New Zealand's . It is situated in a rural setting on the eastern outskirts of in the . is situated 6 km southeast of Buller River.

Buller River

Latitude
-41.73333° or 41° 44′ south
Longitude
171.58333° or 171° 35′ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
4VCH7H8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
2192841
Wiki­data ID
Q836930
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Satellite Map

Discover Buller River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Buller River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر بولر”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Buller”
  • Catalan: “Buller”
  • Cebuano: “Buller River”
  • Dutch: “Buller River”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بولر”
  • Esperanto: “Rivero Buller”
  • French: “Buller”
  • French: “Fleuve Buller”
  • German: “Buller River”
  • Irish: “Kawatiri”
  • Japanese: “ブラー川”
  • Lithuanian: “Buleris”
  • Maori: “Kawatiri”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Buller River”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Buller”
  • Norwegian: “Buller”
  • Polish: “Buller”
  • Russian: “Буллер”
  • Spanish: “Río Buller”
  • Welsh: “Afon Buller”

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Localities in the Area

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