Cropp River
Cropp River | |
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Location | |
Country | New Zealand |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | |
• elevation | 1,200 m (3,900 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Whitcombe River |
• elevation | 755 m (2,477 ft) |
Length | 9 km (5.6 mi) |
The Cropp River is a river of New Zealand. It flows east for 9 kilometres (6 mi) before joining the Whitcombe River, a tributary of the Hokitika River.[1]
On 12–13 December 1995, 1,049 millimetres (41.3 in) of rain fell over the Cropp River, at the time that was a record rainfall for a 48-hour period for New Zealand.[2]
On 25–26 March 2019, 1,086 millimetres (42.8 in) of rain fell over the Cropp River, a new record rainfall for a 48-hour period for New Zealand.[3]
The Cropp river area is amongst the top 5 highest, annual, average rainfall areas in the world.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. Map 75. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
- ^ "Summary of New Zealand Climate Extremes". NIWA. January 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ "Weather & climate updates for #NewZealand and worldwide". NIWA. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ "Wettest Places on Earth by Annual Rainfall".
- Land Information New Zealand - Search for Place Names
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- Westland District
- Rivers of the West Coast, New Zealand
- Rivers of New Zealand
- West Coast, New Zealand river stubs