Whangaparaoa River

The Whangaparaoa 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 Whangaparaoa Bay, an indentation in the far east of the Bay of Plenty, 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Cape Runaway.

Whangaparaoa River
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationRaukumara Range
Mouth 
  location
Whangaparaoa Bay, Bay of Plenty
Length24 km (15 mi)

See also

References

"Place name detail: Whangaparaoa River". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 12 July 2009.


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