The Ruamahanga River system

The Ruamahanga River runs through the southeastern North Island of New Zealand. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1003x1457, 229 KB)Location map of the Ruamahanga River, New Zealand File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1003x1457, 229 KB)Location map of the Ruamahanga River, New Zealand File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ...

The river's headwaters are in the Tararua Ranges northwest of Masterton. From there it runs firstly south and then southwest for 130 kilometers before emptying into the Cook Strait. The towns of Masterton and Martinborough are close to the banks of the river. The Tararua Range (often referred to as the Tararua Ranges) is one of several mountain ranges in the North Island of New Zealand which form a ridge running parallel with the east coast of the island between East Cape and Wellington. ... Masterton is the largest town (and local government district) in the Wairarapa region in the southeastern North Island of New Zealand. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... A view of from the summit of Mount Victoria, Wellington - Cook Strait stretches to the right (west). ... Masterton is the largest town (and local government district) in the Wairarapa region in the southeastern North Island of New Zealand. ... Martinborough is the name of a small town in South Wairarapa a district in the Wellington region on the North Island of New Zealand. ...

In its lower reaches, the river meanders across a large floodplain, culminating in the wetlands around the edges of Lake Wairarapa. The river flows into the lake to the southeast, before re-emerging from the lake in the south to empty into Palliser Bay ten kilometers further south. In geography, a floodplain is an area of relatively level land that is inundated from time to time. ... A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ... Lake Wairarapa is a lake at the southern end of the North Island of New Zealand, 50 kilometres east of Wellington. ... Palliser Bay is located at the southern end of the North Island of New Zealand, to the southeast of Wellington. ...

Trout fishing is a popular activity and there are many swimming holes in the upper reaches.