The Pareora River is a river of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It has its origins in several small streams flowing from the Hunters Hills, and flows north before turning southeast to reach the Pacific Ocean at the southern end of the township of Pareora, 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Timaru. The river ends in a hapua-type river mouth, this means the flow to the ocean is impeded by a gravel bank.[1]
| Pareora River | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Hunters Hills |
| Mouth | |
• location | Pacific Ocean |
| Length | 56 km (35 mi) |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Creed 2014
References
edit"Place name detail: Pareora River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
Creed, Sam (2014). A classification of small hapua-type river mouths on the mixed sand and gravel coasts of Canterbury, New Zealand (PDF) (Thesis). University of Canterbury. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
44°30′S 171°13′E / 44.500°S 171.217°E