Waiohine River

Waiohine River
Waiohine River in Waiohine Gorge
Location
Country	New Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Lancaster Peak, Tararua Range
• elevation	1,500 m (4,920 ft)
Mouth
• location	Ruamahanga River at Pāpāwai
• elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Length	35 km (22 mi)
Basin size	378 km2 (146 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	25 m3/s (880 cu ft/s) at Waiohine Gorge

The Waiohine River is a river of the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island.

At first it flows generally south from its origins in the Tararua Range west of Ōtaki. It turns south-east once it reaches the plain where it passes to the north of Greytown and flows into the Ruamahanga River at Pāpāwai. Its main tributary is the Mangatarere Stream.

Some of its water reaches Lake Wairarapa directly through many channels and irrigation features in Greytown's fruit-growing district.

See also

• List of rivers of New Zealand

References

• "Place name detail: Waiohine River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 12 July 2009.