Whangaparaoa River
The Whangaparāoa River is a river in the eastern North Island of New Zealand. Its headwaters are in the Raukumara Range and the Gisborne District, from where it flows northwest to reach the sea at Whangaparāoa Bay, an indentation in the far east of the Bay of Plenty, 5 kilometres south of Cape Runaway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Whangaparaoa River
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: East Coast, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.68823° or 37° 41′ 18″ southLongitude
178.10021° or 178° 6′ 1″ eastElevation
292 metres (958 feet)Open location code
4VJW8462+P3GeoNames ID
6239257
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