7-704: Deep Stream is a tributary of the Taieri River in Otago , New Zealand. The stream runs generally eastwards for some 70 kilometres from its source on the slopes of Lammerlaw in the Lammerlaw Range (at 45°42′55″S 169°44′15″E / 45.71528°S 169.73750°E / -45.71528; 169.73750 ), reaching the Taieri River near Hindon in the Taieri Gorge . A railway junction
14-672: A broad glacial valley (the Strath-Taieri ) surrounded by rugged hill ranges. Immediately downstream the river has cut a steep-sided declivity, the Taieri Gorge . This is known for the Taieri Gorge Railway , which follows a route into Central Otago through it. In the Taieri's lower reaches there is a broad floodplain (the Taieri Plains ) containing much of Otago's most fertile farmland. The river then flows through
21-473: A series of convoluted loops across a floodplain above Paerau , close to the aptly named locality of Serpentine ; the river has created many small oxbow lakes in this area, some of which have been converted into water meadows . From here the river runs through two small hydroelectric power stations before reaching Patearoa in The Maniototo . The Taieri then arcs through almost 180 degrees, entering
28-630: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Taieri River The Taieri River (a misspelling of the original Māori name Taiari ) is the fourth-longest river in New Zealand and is in Otago in the South Island . Rising in the Lammerlaw Range , it initially flows north, then east around the Rock and Pillar range before turning southeast, reaching the sea 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Dunedin . The upper reaches meander in
35-607: The lower Taieri Gorge to the Pacific Ocean at Taieri Mouth . Taieri Island lies in the Pacific Ocean several hundred metres from the mouth of the river. The Taieri is 288 kilometres (179 mi) long, of which the last 20 kilometres (12 mi) are navigable. Despite its length the Taieri has a minimal amount of water volume compared to other New Zealand rivers with its average discharge being around 35 cubic metres per second (1,200 cu ft/s). Towns along
42-542: The river include Middlemarch , Outram , Allanton , Mosgiel , Henley , and Taieri Mouth . Its major tributary is the Waipori River , which meets the Taieri near Henley on the Taieri Plains. Google Maps erroneously shows the stretch of the river from the confluence to the mouth as Waipori River. The official correct name is shown on the New Zealand government's official NZ Topo Map. However, while Taieri
49-704: Was located at the junction of the Deep Stream and the Taieri, also called Deep Stream, which was on the Otago Central Railway . The line is still used by Dunedin Railways , but the station was closed in 1954 and no longer exists. Trout fishing with grasshoppers was popular on the stream. The stream shares its name with several other much shorter streams in the Canterbury and Southland Regions of New Zealand. This Otago geography article
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