Paturau River

River in Tasman District, New Zealand

40°40′19″S 172°33′13″E / 40.6720°S 172.5537°E / -40.6720; 172.5537 Mouth

• location

Tasman Sea

• coordinates

40°42′06″S 172°37′00″E / 40.70155°S 172.61657°E / -40.70155; 172.61657

• elevation

0 metres (0 ft)Length29 kilometres (18 mi)^[1]Basin featuresProgressionPaturau River → Tasman SeaTributaries • leftLong Creek • rightSimmiss Creek, Higgins Branch, Toe Rag Creek, Rocky Creek, Thompson Creek, Camp Creek

The Paturau River (sometimes spelt Patarau) is a river of the Tasman Region of New Zealand's South Island.^[2] One of the northernmost rivers in the South Island, it flows predominantly north from its sources in the Wakamarama Range to reach the Tasman Sea 20 kilometres west of Collingwood.^[3]

References

^ Egarr, G. D.; Egarr, J. H. (1981). New Zealand Recreational River Survey Part III South Island Rivers (PDF) (Report). Water & Soil Division, Ministry of Works and Development. p. 7. ISSN 0110-4705.
^ "Place name detail: Paturau River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
^ New Zealand 1:50000 Topographic Map Series sheet BN23 – Paturau River

Kahurangi National Park

Mountains

Mount Arthur
Mount Burnett
Mount Owen

Mountain ranges

Glasgow Range
Wharepapa / Arthur Range

Mountain passes

Granity Pass

Caves

Bulmer Cavern
Ellis Basin cave system
Honeycomb Hill Cave
Ōpārara Basin Arches
Nettlebed Cave

Coastal features

Kahurangi Point
Scotts Beach

Lakes and reservoirs

Boulder Lake
Lake Sparrow

Walking tracks

Rivers

Tasman District	Anatoki River Aorere River Baton River Big River Boulder River Brown River Clark River Clarke River Cobb River Dart River Devil River Ellis River Fyfe River Hope River Kaituna River Little Boulder River Little Devil River Little Ōnahau River Little Pokororo River Little Slate River Little Waingaro River Matiri River Ōnahau River Onekaka River Ōtere River Owen River Parapara River Pariwhakaoho River Paturau River Pearse River Pokororo River Puremāhaia River Riuwaka River Rocky River Rolling River Saxon River Sherry River Skeet River Slate River Snow River Spey River Stanley River Tadmor River Tākaka River Te Waikoropupū River Turimawiwi River Waingaro River Wangapeka River
Buller District	Allen River Beautiful River Crow River Gunner River Heaphy River Hemphill River Huia River Johnson River Kahurangi River Kākāpō River Karamea River Kōhaihai River Leslie River Lewis River Little Crow River Little Wanganui River Mōkihinui River Ōpārara River Basin Postal River Roaring Lion River Taipō River Ugly River
both districts	Buller River