Manawatū River

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The Manawatū River is a major river in New Zealand that flows through the lower North Island, including the Manawatū region, before reaching the Tasman Sea.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Manawatū River canonical 6
Manawatu River 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
basinCountry New Zealand ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
dischargesInto Tasman Sea ⓘ
drainageBasin Manawatū River catchment ⓘ
estuaryStatus Ramsar wetland of international importance ⓘ
flowsDirectionGeneral east-to-west across lower North Island ⓘ
flowsThrough Foxton ⓘ
Gorge near Ashhurst ⓘ
Manawatū-Whanganui Region ⓘ
surface form: Manawatū region

Palmerston North ⓘ
hasBridge Fitzherbert Bridge ⓘ
Opiki suspension bridge (historic) ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Māori iwi in the region ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue nutrient pollution ⓘ
sedimentation ⓘ
water quality concerns ⓘ
hasEstuary Manawatū Estuary ⓘ
hasMouthNear Foxton Beach ⓘ
hasNameVariant Manawatū River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Manawatu River
hasSourceRegion Ruahine Range ⓘ
surface form: Ruahine Range area

eastern North Island high country ⓘ
hasTributary Makakahi River ⓘ
Mangahao River ⓘ
Mangatainoka River ⓘ
Oroua River ⓘ
Pohangina River ⓘ
Tiraumea River ⓘ
lengthApproxKm 180 ⓘ
locatedIn Horowhenua District ⓘ
Manawatū District ⓘ
Manawatū-Whanganui Region ⓘ
surface form: Manawatū-Whanganui region

North Island ⓘ
Palmerston North ⓘ
surface form: Palmerston North City
managedBy Horizons Regional Council ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Tasman Sea ⓘ
nameLanguage Māori ⓘ
notableFeature flows westward across main axial ranges of New Zealand ⓘ
forms Manawatū Gorge ⓘ
passesNear Feilding ⓘ
Opiki ⓘ
Shannon ⓘ
region lower North Island ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Island → hasRiver → Manawatū River ⓘ
Manawatū-Whanganui Region → containsRiver → Manawatū River ⓘ
Palmerston North → locatedOnRiver → Manawatū River ⓘ
Manawatū River → hasNameVariant → Manawatū River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manawatu River
Dannevirke → hasRiver → Manawatū River ⓘ
Foxton → locatedNear → Manawatū River ⓘ
Ruahine Range → isWatershedFor → Manawatū River ⓘ