Awatere River
The Awatere River is a large river flowing through Marlborough, New Zealand. Flowing along the trace of the active Awatere Fault, it runs northeast through a straight valley to the west of the Inland Kaikōura mountains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: large river flowing through Marlborough, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Kaipara tehau” and “Otuwhero”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seddon.
Seddon
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Seddon is a town in Marlborough near the mouth of the Awatere River. Until the grape boom, Seddon's farmers struggled farming sheep on dry hills. Now you will struggle to find a sheep in amongst the vineyards.
Awatere 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 Asturian to Welsh—“Awatere River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Awatere”
- Catalan: “Awatere”
- Catalan: “Riu Awatere”
- Cebuano: “Awatere River”
- Dutch: “Awatere River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اواتير”
- French: “Awatere River”
- French: “Awatere”
- German: “Awatere River (Marlborough)”
- German: “Awatere River”
- Hungarian: “Awatere”
- Irish: “Awatere”
- Maori: “Awatere”
- Portuguese: “Awatere”
- Portuguese: “Rio Awatere”
- Spanish: “río Awatere”
- Spanish: “Río Awatere”
- Welsh: “Afon Awatere”
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