Wairau River
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The Wairau River is a major river in New Zealand’s Marlborough region, known for flowing through one of the country’s prominent wine-producing valleys.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Awatere River | 1 |
| Pelorus River | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| associatedWithIwi |
Ngāti Rārua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ngāti Toa NERFINISHED ⓘ Rangitāne o Wairau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Marlborough Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Cook Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environmentalConcern | flooding risk on Wairau Plain ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Cloudy Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsNear |
Blenheim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Renwick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Wairau Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFloodControl |
floodways
ⓘ
stopbanks ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEvent | Wairau Affray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMouthElevation | sea level ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Wairau Bar
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ⓘ
Wairau Lagoons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement | Wairau Valley (settlement) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSourceElevation | mountainous terrain ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Branch River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Goulter River NERFINISHED ⓘ Rainbow River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tophouse Stream NERFINISHED ⓘ Wye River (Marlborough) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasValley | Wairau Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Marlborough wine region
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ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ wine-producing valley ⓘ |
| length | approximately 170 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedInIsland | South Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Marlborough Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInWineRegion | Marlborough wine region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | Cloudy Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Mount Richmond Forest Park
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ⓘ
Richmond Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Marlborough river system ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Wairau Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recreation |
fishing
ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ rafting ⓘ |
| sourceLocation |
Spencer Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St Arnaud Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
hydroelectric power generation
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ |
| wineGrapeVarietiesAssociated |
Pinot Noir
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sauvignon Blanc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Awatere River
this entity surface form:
Pelorus River