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Esk River (Hawke's Bay)

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Esk River of Hawke's Bay, in the eastern North Island of New Zealand, one of two rivers of that name in the country, is one of Hawke's Bay's major rivers. It flows south from the Maungaharuru Range before turning east to reach Hawke Bay 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Napier. State Highway 5 follows the lower course of the river for several kilometres close to the settlement of Eskdale.

Flows through: New Zealand.

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

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