Te Hoe River

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Te Hoe River
Te Hoe River
Course of the Te Hoe River
Location
Country New Zealand
Physical characteristics
Mouth  
  location
Mohaka River
Length23 km (14 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  right Hautapu River

The Te Hoe River is a river of the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows south from its sources west of Lake Waikaremoana to reach the Mohaka River 20 kilometres north of Lake Tutira.

The river and its tributary streams, including Mangahouanga, flow through the Tahora Formation, and is a location where many Mesozoic fossils have been uncovered since the 1970s. [1] In 1999, palaeontologist Joan Wiffen discovered the vertebra bone of a titanosaur in a tributary of the Te Hoe River. [2]

See also

References

  1. Gill, B. J.; Eagle, Michael K. (2014). "New Zealand Mesozoic marine reptiles in the Auckland Museum collection". Papahou: Records of the Auckland Museum . 49: 21–28. ISSN   1174-9202. JSTOR   43264619. Wikidata   Q58629014.
  2. "Giant dinosaur fossil find in Hawke's Bay". stuff.co.nz. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2011.

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