Mokoreta River

The Mokoreta River is a river in Southland, New Zealand. A tributary of the Mataura River, its source is between Mt Rosebery and Catlins Cone, close to the source of the Catlins River. It flows westward from the Catlins Ranges into the Southland Plains.Its total length is 50 kilometres, and it flows into the Mataura River about 5km south of the town of Wyndham.

Mataura River
Source: Eyre Mountains—Flows into: Foveaux Strait
Administrative areas
  • Southland Region
Towns and settlements (upstream to downstream)
  • Fairlight
  • Athol
  • Garston
  • Mandeville
  • Gore
  • Mataura
  • Wyndham
Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)
  • Waikaia River
  • Waikaka River
  • Mokoreta River
Other features (upstream to downstream)
  • Awarua Plains
  • Toetoes Bay
Longest New Zealand rivers
  • 1: Waikato
  • 2: Clutha
  • 3: Whanganui
  • 4: Taieri
  • 5: Rangitikei
  • 6: Mataura
  • 7: Waiau (Southland)
  • 8: Clarence
  • 9: Waitaki
  • 10: Oreti

Coordinates: 46°21′S 168°51′E / 46.35°S 168.85°E / -46.35; 168.85

Famous quotes containing the word river:

    “I cannot tell how many times we had to walk on account of falls or rapids. We were expecting all the while that the river would take a final leap and get to smooth water, but there was no improvement this forenoon.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)