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Awakino River (Waikato)

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Awakino River is a river located in the North Island of New Zealand. It has been described as one of the great rivers in the North Island providing top-quality backcountry fishing. Awakino township lies on its river banks. It rises on peaks of up to 762 m (2, 500 ft) in the Herangi Range and flows 75 km (47 mi), initially southerly and then through Awakino Gorge in a south-westerly direction.

Flows through: New Zealand.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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