Waiau River
Waiau River is a river in the Gisborne Region of New Zealand. It has its headwaters in the same area of hill country to the east of the Raukumara Range as the Mata River, flowing firstly north, then east to become a tributary of the Hikuwai River.Waiau River
- Type: River
- Description: river in Gisborne District, New Zealand
- Category: body of water
- Location: East Coast, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-38.19782° or 38° 11′ 52″ south
Longitude
178.17583° or 178° 10′ 33″ east
Elevation
297 metres (974 feet)
Open location code
4VHWR52G+V8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=river
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Waiau River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Waiau River”
- German: “Waiau River (Gisborne)”
- German: “Waiau River”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Waiauelva i Gisborne”
- Welsh: “Afon Waiau”
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