Kokatahi River

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Kokatahi River
Kokatahi River, West Coast Region, New Zealand 16.jpg
Location
Country New Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Southern Alps
Mouth  
  location
Hokitika River
Length31 kilometres (19 mi)

The Kokatahi River is a river of the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island. A major tributary of the Hokitika River, it flows northwest from its origins on the northern slopes of Mount Ambrose, reaching the Hokitika River 12 kilometres from the latter's mouth at Hokitika. The two rivers between them share one of the West Coast's larger floodplains.

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References

"Place name detail: Kokatahi River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board . Retrieved 12 July 2009.

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