Big River
The Big River has also been known by several other names, Windsor River and Māori names Hakapoua, Okopowa, Patu-po, or Patupō, though that last name, meaning kill by night, might refer to a place near Long Point and Waitutu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: River
- Description: river in Southland Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Big Burn”, “Hakapoua”, and “Patupo”
Big River
- Category: body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-46.21479° or 46° 12′ 53″ southLongitude
166.92971° or 166° 55′ 47″ eastElevation
54 metres (177 feet)Open location code
4V58QWPH+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 762731765OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
2193326Wikidata ID
Q4906204
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Big River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Big River”
- French: “Big”
- German: “Big River (Southland)”
- German: “Big River”
- Irish: “Hakapoua”
- Maori: “Hakapoua”
- Portuguese: “Rio Big (Southland)”
- Portuguese: “Rio Big”
- Welsh: “Afon Big”
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