The Kaniere River is a river of
New Zealand. It is located in the
West Coast Region of the
South Island
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...
. The river is the outflow of
Lake Kaniere, and flows west to reach the
Hokitika River
The Hokitika River is in the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is about long, beginning in the Southern Alps, emerging from the narrow Hokitika Gorge after merging with the Whitcombe River, and flowing into the Tasman Sea just ...
five kilometres from the coast of the
Tasman Sea.
See also
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List of rivers of New Zealand
References
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Rivers of the West Coast, New Zealand
Rivers of New Zealand
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