Waiau River
The Waiau River is the largest river in the Southland region of New Zealand. 'Waiau' translates to 'River of Swirling Currents'. It is the outflow of Lake Te Anau, flowing from it into Lake Manapouri 10 kilometres to the south, and from there flows south for 70 kilometres before reaching the Foveaux Strait 8 kilometres south of Tuatapere.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clifden and Tuatapere.
Clifden
Hamlet
Clifden, New Zealand is a small rural community on the Waiau River, Southland, New Zealand. The Clifden Suspension Bridge, a government Category I historic site, features the Clifden war memorial, located near State Highway 99 north of Tuatapere. Clifden is situated 5 km north of Waiau River.
Tuatapere
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tuatapere is a small rural town in Southland, New Zealand. It is the self declared "Sausage Capital of New Zealand". Tuatapere is located eight kilometres from the southern coast. Tuatapere is situated 7 km southwest of Waiau River.
Waiau River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Southland, New Zealand
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Southland, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Waiau River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Waiau”
- Catalan: “riu Waiau”
- Catalan: “Waiau”
- Cebuano: “Waiau River (suba, lat -46,19, long 167,62)”
- Cebuano: “Waiau River”
- Chuvash: “Уаиау”
- Dutch: “Waiau River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر واياو”
- French: “Waiau”
- German: “Waiau River”
- Irish: “Waiau”
- Japanese: “ワイアウ川（サウスランド）”
- Japanese: “ワイアウ川”
- Korean: “와이아우강”
- Lithuanian: “Vajau (Sautlandas)”
- Lithuanian: “Vajau”
- Maori: “Waiau”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Waiauelva i Southland”
- Persian: “رود وایئاو”
- Persian: “وایئاو”
- Russian: “Уаиау”
- Slovenian: “reka Waiau”
- Slovenian: “Waiau River”
- Slovenian: “Waiau”
- Welsh: “Afon Waiau (Southland)”
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