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- Waimakariri_River abstract "The Waimakariri River, formerly briefly known as the Courtenay River, is one of the largest of the North Canterbury rivers, in the South Island of New Zealand. It flows for 151 kilometres in a generally southeastward direction from the Southern Alps across the Canterbury Plains to the Pacific Ocean. In Māori, Waimakariri has several meanings, one of which is "river of cold rushing water". The river is known colloquially in Canterbury as "The Waimak".The river rises on the eastern flanks of the Southern Alps, eight kilometres southwest of Arthur's Pass. For much of its upper reaches, the river is braided, with wide shingle beds. As the river approaches the Canterbury Plains, it passes through a belt of mountains, and is forced into a narrow canyon (the Waimakariri Gorge), before reverting to its braided form for its passage across the plains. It finally enters the Pacific north of Christchurch, near the town of Kaiapoi.In 1849, the chief surveyor of the Canterbury Association, Joseph Thomas, gave the river the name Courtenay River after Lord Courtenay, but it lapsed into disuse.Geological evidence indicates that the river mouth has been very mobile, at times flowing through the current location of Christchurch and even flowing into Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora south of Banks Peninsula for a time.Instead of being unoccupied crown land as are most New Zealand river beds, the bed of the Waimakariri River is vested in the Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury).Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) were introduced from California in the 1900s and persist today.".
- Waimakariri_River mouthElevation "0.0".
- Waimakariri_River origin Southern_Alps_(New_Zealand).
- Waimakariri_River riverMouth Pacific_Ocean.
- Waimakariri_River sourceCountry New_Zealand.
- Waimakariri_River thumbnail Waimakariri02_gobeirne.jpg?width=300.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageExternalLink waimakariri-river-regional-plan.aspx.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageID "950352".
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageLength "6395".
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageOutDegree "34".
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageRevisionID "618382062".
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Arthurs_Pass.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Banks_Peninsula.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Braided_river.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Canterbury,_New_Zealand.
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- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Canterbury_Plains.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Canterbury_Region.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Canterbury_Regional_Council.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Category:Braided_rivers.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Category:Hurunui_District.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Category:Rivers_of_Canterbury,_New_Zealand.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Central_Plains_Water.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Chinook_salmon.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Christchurch.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Environment_Canterbury.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Joseph_Thomas_(surveyor).
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Kaiapoi.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Lake_Coleridge.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink _Te_Waihora.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink New_Zealand.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Pacific_Ocean.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Resource_consent.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Sewage_treatment.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Sewage_treatment_plant.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink South_Island.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Southern_Alps.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Southern_Alps_(New_Zealand).
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink Waimakariri_Gorge.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink William_Courtenay,_11th_Earl_of_Devon.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink File:NZ-Waimakariri_R.png.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLink File:Water_pollution_sign_on_the_Waimakariri_River.JPG.
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLinkText "WAIMAKARIRI RIVER".
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLinkText "Waimakariri River".
- Waimakariri_River wikiPageWikiLinkText "Waimakariri".
- Waimakariri_River basinCountries New_Zealand.
- Waimakariri_River caption "The Waimakariri with Christchurch in the background".
- Waimakariri_River hasPhotoCollection Waimakariri_River.
- Waimakariri_River imageName "Waimakariri02_gobeirne.jpg".
- Waimakariri_River imageSize "300".
- Waimakariri_River mouth Pacific_Ocean.
- Waimakariri_River mouthElevation "0.0".
- Waimakariri_River origin Southern_Alps.
- Waimakariri_River origin Southern_Alps_(New_Zealand).
- Waimakariri_River riverName "Waimakariri River".
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- Waimakariri_River subject Category:Braided_rivers.
- Waimakariri_River subject Category:Hurunui_District.
- Waimakariri_River subject Category:Rivers_of_Canterbury,_New_Zealand.
- Waimakariri_River point "-43.3905 172.712".
- Waimakariri_River type Article.
- Waimakariri_River type BodyOfWater.
- Waimakariri_River type District.
- Waimakariri_River type NaturalPlace.
- Waimakariri_River type Place.
- Waimakariri_River type River.
- Waimakariri_River type Stream.
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- Waimakariri_River type Landform.
- Waimakariri_River type Location.
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- Waimakariri_River type Place.
- Waimakariri_River type RiverBodyOfWater.
- Waimakariri_River type Thing.
- Waimakariri_River type SpatialThing.
- Waimakariri_River type Q4022.
- Waimakariri_River type Q47521.
- Waimakariri_River comment "The Waimakariri River, formerly briefly known as the Courtenay River, is one of the largest of the North Canterbury rivers, in the South Island of New Zealand. It flows for 151 kilometres in a generally southeastward direction from the Southern Alps across the Canterbury Plains to the Pacific Ocean. In Māori, Waimakariri has several meanings, one of which is "river of cold rushing water".".
- Waimakariri_River label "Waimakariri River".
- Waimakariri_River seeAlso Water_pollution.
- Waimakariri_River seeAlso The_Canterbury_Region.
- Waimakariri_River sameAs Waimakariri_River.
- Waimakariri_River sameAs Waimakariri.
- Waimakariri_River sameAs Waimakariri.
- Waimakariri_River sameAs Waimakariri_River.
- Waimakariri_River sameAs m.03spwn.
- Waimakariri_River sameAs 2180201.
- Waimakariri_River sameAs Q1535123.
- Waimakariri_River sameAs Q1535123.
- Waimakariri_River lat "-43.3905".
- Waimakariri_River long "172.712".
- Waimakariri_River wasDerivedFrom Waimakariri_River?oldid=618382062.
- Waimakariri_River depiction Waimakariri02_gobeirne.jpg.