Clive River

Clive River
Country New Zealand
Basin
River mouth 0 m (0 ft)
Physical characteristics
Length 33 km (21 mi)

The Clive River is a river in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.[1] At 33 kilometres (21 mi) long, it is the shortest of the main rivers flowing through the Heretaunga Plains. The Clive River occupies the former course of the Ngaruroro River, which in 1867 changed flow to its present course during major flooding.[2]

Getting most of its drainage from irrigation ditches around the Heretaunga Plains, the river starts from the west of Flaxmere (just south of the Ngaruroro River), where it flows south-east, west of Hastings before making a sharp, right angle turn towards Havelock North. The river then flows north-east past Havelock North, where it is known as the Karamu Stream, and again flowing past Hastings, this time to the east of Hastings. The river finally turns in an east direction there it flows past the town of Clive and into the Pacific Ocean.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Place Name Detail: Clive River". New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  2. ↑ http://www.hbrc.govt.nz/HBRC-Documents/HBRC%20Document%20Library/HPGW_web.pdf

Coordinates: 39°34′22″S 176°55′30″E / 39.5727°S 176.9250°E / -39.5727; 176.9250


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