Wheao River

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Wheao River
Mouth	Rangitaiki River
Basin countries	New Zealand
Length	38 km (24 mi)

The Wheao River is a river of the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island. An upper tributary of the Rangitaiki River, it flows predominantly north through the Kaingaroa Forest to reach the Rangitaiki south of Murupara.

[edit] See also

List of rivers of New Zealand

[edit] References

"Place Name Detail: Wheao River". New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database. Land Information New Zealand. http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/find-names/topographic-names-db/database/index.aspx?p=. Retrieved 12 July 2009.

Coordinates: 38°34′S 176°39′E / 38.567°S 176.65°E / -38.567; 176.65

v t e Rangitaiki River

Source: Ahimanawa Range — Flows into: Bay of Plenty

Administrative areas	Hawke's Bay Region · Bay of Plenty Region · Rangitikei District · Taupo District · Whakatane District

Towns and settlements (upstream to downstream)	Rangitaiki · Murupara · Galatea · Waiohau · Te Mahoe · Te Teko · Edgecumbe · Thornton

Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	Otamatea River · Wheao River · Whirinaki River

Lakes in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary)	Lake Pouarua · Lake Aniwhenua · Lake Matahina · Lake Otumahi

Other features (upstream to downstream)	North Island Volcanic Plateau · Kaingaroa Forest · Aniwhenua Dam · Matahina Dam

Longest New Zealand rivers	1: Waikato · 2: Clutha · 3: Whanganui · 4: Taieri · 5: Rangitikei · 6: Mataura · 7: Waiau (Southland) · 8: Clarence · 9: Waitaki · 10: Oreti

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