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The name Waimakariri comes from the Māori words wai, meaning water, and makariri, meaning cold. [2] The river was briefly renamed as the Courtenay River in 1849 by the chief surveyor of the Canterbury Association, Joseph Thomas, in honour of Lord Courtenay. However, this name quickly fell into disuse in favour of the traditional Māori name.
The following table lists most rivers of Sri Lanka. Since Sri Lanka is a trilingual country, some rivers may have a Sinhala name (i.e. Kalu Ganga), while other have an English name (i.e. Kelani River). There are two words meaning "river" in the Sinhala language, namely Ganga (ගඟ) and Oya (ඔය), of which the usage of both terms is arbitrary.
Te Rauakaaka is an area including the Waimakariri River saltmarsh and Styx rivermouth, suitable for walking and bird-watching. [11] Baynons Brake is a recreation area suitable for horse riding, walking, picnicking and fishing. [12] It covers about five kilometres of riverside land between the Eyre Diversion River and Kaiapoi Island.
Topographic map of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, an island in South Asia shaped as a teardrop or a pear/mango, [167] lies on the Indian Plate, a major tectonic plate that was formerly part of the Indo-Australian Plate. [168] It is in the Indian Ocean southwest of the Bay of Bengal, between latitudes 5° and 10° N, and longitudes 79° and 82° E. [169]
The Bealey River is a small river located in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. [1] It is a tributary of the Waimakariri River. Its valley forms the eastern approach to Arthur's Pass. The river and the Bealey settlement are named for Samuel Bealey, a 19th-century Superintendent of Canterbury Province and pastoralist.
The Waimakariri Gorge is located on the Waimakariri River in inland Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand.. The height of the Waimakariri gorge bridge is 30m. Like its neighbour, the Rakaia River, the Waimakariri runs through wide shingle beds for much of its length, but is forced through a narrow canyon as it approaches the Canterbury Plains.
More than 90% of Sri Lanka's surface lies on Precambrian strata, some of it dating back 2 billion years. [6] The granulite facies rocks of the Highland Series (gneisses, sillimanite-graphite gneisses, quartzite, marbles, and some charnockites) make up most of the island and the amphibolite facies gneisses, granites, and granitic gneisses of the Vijayan Series occur in the eastern and ...
Waimakariri District is a local government district, located in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. It is named after the Waimakariri River , which forms the district's southern boundary, separating it from Christchurch City and the Selwyn District .