Karangarua River

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Karangarua River
Karangarua River
Route of the Karangarua River
Mouth of the Karangarua River Show map of South Island Karangarua River (New Zealand) Show map of New Zealand
Location
Country	New Zealand
Region	West Coast
District	Westland
Physical characteristics

Source	Karangarua Saddle
• coordinates	43°43′10″S169°56′33″E / 43.7194°S 169.9424°E / -43.7194; 169.9424

Mouth	Tasman Sea
• coordinates	43°29′44″S169°43′42″E / 43.49555°S 169.72833°E / -43.49555; 169.72833
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Basin features
Progression	Karangarua River → Tasman Sea
River system	Karangarua River
Tributaries
• left	Brassey Creek, Troyte River, Theodore Creek, Jack Creek, Redstone Creek, Tui Creek, Niblick Creek, Curly Creek, Bunker Creek, Purcell Creek, Harkells Creek, McTaggart Creek, Maimai Creek, Gordon Creek
• right	Baking Oven Creek, Driver Creek, Llewellyn Creek, Lily Creek, Coleridge Creek, Dirty Creek, Douglas River, Regina Creek, Copland River, Rough Creek, Border Creek

The Karangarua River is located in the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows northwest from the Southern Alps, entering the Tasman Sea 80 kilometres northeast of Haast. The main tributary of the Karangarua is the Copland River.

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v t e Westland Tai Poutini National Park, New Zealand
Mountains	Mount Dampier Douglas Peak Mount Elie de Beaumont Fettes Peak Mount Haast Mount Hicks La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak The Minarets Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Teichelmann Torres Peak Mount Vancouver
Mountain passes	Copland Pass
Glaciers	Agassiz Glacier Douglas Glacier Fox Glacier Franz Josef Glacier
Lakes	Alpine Lake / Ata Puai Lake Mapourika Lake Matheson Lake Wahapo
Rivers	Balfour River Callery River Clearwater River Cook River / Weheka Copland River Douglas River Fox River Hinatua River Karangarua River Ōmoeroa River Ōkārito River Ruera River Strauchon River Totarakaitorea River Troyte River Waiho River Waikūkūpa River Waitangitāhuna River
Lagoons	Ōkārito Lagoon
Walking tracks	Copland Track Roberts Point Track
Huts	Chancellor Hut
Reserves and World Heritage Sites	Te Wahipounamu Waiau Glacier Coast Marine Reserve
Events	2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash

v t e Landforms of Westland District, New Zealand
Alpine passes	Arthur's Pass Browning Pass / Nōti Raureka Copland Pass Haast Pass
Bays	Bruce Bay Jackson Bay
Canyons, gorges and waterfalls	Fantail Falls Gates of Haast Hokitika Gorge Otira Gorge Roaring Billy Falls Thunder Creek Falls
Glaciers	Agassiz Glacier Douglas Glacier Fox Glacier Franz Josef Glacier Garden of Eden Ice Plateau Olivine Ice Plateau Volta Glacier
Headlands	Abut Head Awarua Point Gillespies Point Knights Point
Islands	Bignell Reef Browne Island Open Bay Islands
Lakes and lagoons	Abel Lake Alpine Lake / Ata Puai Lake Ellery Lake Gault Lake Ianthe Lake Kaniere Lake Mahinapua Lake Mapourika Lake Matheson Lake Moeraki Ōkārito Lagoon Lake Paringa Saltwater Lagoon Lake Wahapo
Mountain ranges	Butler Range Southern Alps
Mountains	Mount Adams Aoraki / Mount Cook Mount Aspiring / Tititea Mount Brewster Mount Dampier Mount Graham Mount Haast Mount Hopkins La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak Mount Rolleston Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Vancouver Mount Whitcombe
River flats	Pleasant Flat
Rivers	Adams River Arahura River Arawhata River Balfour River Barlow River Barn River Bettne River Big Wainihinihi River Burke River Butler River Callery River Cascade River Clarke River Clearwater River Cook River / Weheka Copland River Cropp River Deception River Donald River Douglas River Drake River Duncan River Edison River Fork River Fox River Gorge River Gunn River Haast River Hacket River Hall River Hapuka River Harman River Hinatua River Hokitika River Hope River Jackson River Jerry River Kaniere River Karangarua River Kokatahi River Lambert River Landsborough River Lord River Macfarlane River Mahitahi River Jacobs River Manakaiaua River Maori River Martyr River Mikonui River Moeraki River Morse River Mueller River Mungo River Ngatau River North Barlow River Ohinemaka River Ōhinetamatea River Ōkārito River Okuru River Ōmoeroa River Oneone River Otehake River Ōtira River Ōtoko River Paringa River Perth River Poerua River Rolleston River Rotokino River Ruera River Ship Creek Smoothwater River Smyth River Spoon River Stafford River Strauchon River Styx River Taipo River Taramakau River Te Naihi River Te Rahotaiepa River Toaroha River Tōtara River Totarakaitorea River Troyte River Tuke River Turnbull River Waiatoto River Waiho River Waikūkūpa River Waipara River Waita River Waitaha River Waitangitāhuna River Waitangiroto River Wanganui River Whakaikai River Whakapohai River Whataroa River Whitcombe River Wilkinson River Willberg River Williamson River Wills River

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