Ōtira River - Wikipedia

Ōtira River
Upper Ōtira River and Ōtira Viaduct
Route of the Ōtira River
Mouth of the Ōtira River Show map of New Zealand Ōtira River (South Island) Show map of South Island
Location
Country	New Zealand
Physical characteristics

Source	Mount Rolleston
• coordinates	42°54′08″S 171°31′23″E / 42.9022°S 171.5231°E / -42.9022; 171.5231

Mouth
• location	Taramakau River
• coordinates	42°45′43″S 171°37′59″E / 42.762°S 171.633°E / -42.762; 171.633
Length	20 km (12 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Ōtira River → Taramakau River → Tasman Sea
Tributaries
• left	Curtis Creek, Kea Creek, Park Creek, Hodge Creek, Rolleston River, Goat Creek, Kellys Creek
• right	Pegleg Creek, Candys Creek, Reid Falls, Wesley Creek, Barrack Creek, Deception River, Paratu Stream
Bridges	Ōtira Viaduct, Wallace Point Bridge, Yorkeys Point Bridge, Ōtira River Bridge, Morrison Footbridge

The Ōtira River is located in the central South Island of New Zealand. It rises on the slopes of Mount Rolleston in the Southern Alps, and flows north for 20 kilometres (12 mi), passing through the town of Otira before joining the Taramakau River.^[1] The Taramakau's outflow is into the Tasman Sea, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Greymouth.

The valley of the Otira River forms the northwestern approach to Arthur's Pass, one of the three main passes across the Southern Alps.

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Otira River.

^ "Place name detail: Ōtira River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

v t e Arthur's Pass National Park, New Zealand
Mountains	Mount Damfool Mount Franklin Mount Murchison Mount Rolleston
Mountain passes	Arthur's Pass Harper Pass
Ski fields	Temple Basin
Rivers	Anti Crow River Bealey River Cox River Crow River Deception River Edwards River Hawdon River Mingha River Otehake River Ōtira River Poulter River Rolleston River Taipoiti River Taramakau River Waimakariri River White River
Settlements and structures	Arthur Dudley Dobson Memorial Arthur's Pass Otira Otira Tunnel
Events	Coast to Coast

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	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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