List of rivers of New Zealand

A[]

• Aan River
• Acheron River (Canterbury)
• Acheron River (Marlborough)
• Ada River
• Adams River
• Ahaura River
• Ahuriri River
• Ahuroa River
• Akatarawa River
• Ākitio River
• Alexander River
• Alfred River
• Allen River
• Alma River
• Alph River (Ross Dependency)
• Anatoki River
• Anatori River
• Anaweka River
• Anne River
• Anti Crow River
• Aongatete River
• Aorangiwai River
• Aorere River
• Aparima River
• Arahura River
• Arapaoa River
• Araparera River
• Arawhata River
• Arnold River
• Arnst River
• Aropaoanui River
• Arrow River
• Arthur River
• Ashburton River / Hakatere
• Ashley River / Rakahuri
• Avoca River (Canterbury)
• Avoca River (Hawke's Bay)
• Avon River / Ōtākaro
• Avon River (Marlborough)
• Awakari River
• Awakino River (Canterbury) and its East and West Branches
• Awakino River (Northland)
• Awakino River (Waikato)
• Awanui River
• Awapoko River
• Awarau River
• Awaroa River
• Awarua River (Northland)
• Awarua River (Southland)
• Awatere River
• Awatere River (Gisborne)
• Awhea River

B[]

• Balfour River
• Barlow River
• Barn River
• Barrier River
• Baton River
• Bealey River
• Beaumont River
• Beautiful River
• Bettne River
• Big River (Southland)
• Big River (Tasman)
• Big River (West Coast, New Zealand)
• Big Wainihinihi Creek
• Blackwater River (Tasman)
• Blackwater River (Buller River tributary)
• Blackwater River (Little Grey River tributary)
• Blairich River
• Blind (Otūwhero) River
• Blue Duck River
• Blue Grey River
• Blue River
• Bluff River
• Blythe River
• Bonar River
• Boulder River
• Bowen River
• Boyle River
• Branch River (Taylor River tributary)
• Branch River (Wairau River tributary)
• Broken River
• Brown Grey River
• Brown River (West Coast)
• Buller River
• Burke River
• Butler River

C[]

• Callery River
• Cam River (Marlborough)
• Cam River / Ruataniwha
• Camelot River
• Cameron River
• Cape River
• Caples River
• Cardrona River
• Careys Creek
• Carrick River
• Cascade River
• Cass River (Mackenzie District)
• Cass River (Selwyn District)
• Castaly River
• Castle River (Marlborough)
• Castle River (Southland)
• Castle River (Wellington)
• Catlins River
• Cavendish River
• Charwell River
• Chatterton River
• Christopher River
• Clark River
• Clarke River (Grey District)
• Clarke River (Tasman)
• Clarke River (Westland District)
• Clearwater River
• Cleddau River
• Clinton River
• Clive River
• Clutha River / Mata-Au
• Clyde River
• Coal River (Canterbury)
• Coal River (Fiordland)
• Cobb River
• Collins River
• Conway River
• Cook River / Weheka
• Copland River
• Cox River
• Crooked River
• Cropp River
• Crow River (Canterbury)
• Crow River (West Coast)
• Cust River

D[]

• D'Urville River
• Dane River
• Dark River
• Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu
• Dart River (Tasman)
• Deception River
• Deepdale River
• Devil River
• Dickson River
• Dillon River
• Dobson River
• Donald River (Hawke's Bay)
• Donald River (West Coast)
• Donne River
• Doon River
• Doubtful River
• Doubtless River
• Douglas River
• Dove River (Canterbury)
• Dove River (Tasman)
• Drake River
• Dry Awarua River
• Dry River
• Duncan River

E[]

• Earnscleugh River
• Eastern Hohonu River
• Eastern Hutt River
• Eastern Waiotauru River
• Edison River
• Edith River
• Edwards River (Mid Canterbury)
• Edwards River (North Canterbury)
• Eglinton River
• Electric River
• Elizabeth River
• Ellis River
• Empson River
• Esk River (Canterbury)
• Esk River (Hawke's Bay)
• Esperance River
• Evans River
• Eyre River

F[]

• Fairhall River
• Falls River
• Fish River
• Flaxbourne River
• Fleming River
• Forbes River
• Forgotten River
• Fork Stream
• Four Mile River
• Fox River (Buller)
• Fox River (Westland)
• Frances River
• Freshwater River
• Fyfe River

G[]

• Garry River
• Gelt River
• George River
• Glaisnock River
• Glencoe River
• Glenrae River
• Glenroy River
• Glentui River
• Gloster River
• Godley River
• Goldney River
• Gorge River
• Goulter River
• Graham River
• Grantham River
• Gray River
• Grays River
• Grebe River
• Greenstone River
• Greenstone River / Hokonui
• Greta River
• Grey River / Māwheranui
• Guide River
• Gulliver River
• Gunn River
• Gunner River

H[]

• Haast River
• Hacket River
• Hae Hae Te Moana River
• Hakaru River
• Hakataramea River
• Hall River
• Halswell River
• Hamilton River
• Hangaroa River
• Hangatahua (Stony) River, Taranaki
• Hanmer River
• Haparapara River
• Hapuawai River
• Hapuka River
• Hāpuku River
• Harman River
• Harper River
• Harrison River
• Hātea River
• Haumi River
• Haupiri River
• Hautapu River (Manawatū-Whanganui)
• Hautapu River (Wairoa District)
• Havelock River
• Hawai River
• Hawdon River
• Hāwea River
• Hawkins River
• Hay River
• Heaphy River
• Hector River
• Hemphill River
• Henry River
• Herekino River
• Heron River
• Hewson River
• Hikurangi River
• Hikurua River
• Hikutaia River
• Hikuwai River
• Hinatua River
• Hinds River
• Hinemaiaia River
• Hinemoatū / Howard River
• Hodder River
• Hokitika River
• Hollyford River / Whakatipu Kā Tuka
• Hook River
• Hooker River
• Hookhamsnyvy Creek
• Hope River (Canterbury)
• Hope River (Tasman)
• Hope River (West Coast)
• Hopkins River
• Horahora River
• Horomanga River
• Hororata River
• Hossack River
• Hoteo River
• Huangarua River
• Huia River
• Hunter River
• Huriwai River
• Hurunui River
• Hurunui River South Branch
• Huxley River

I[]

• Ihungia River
• Ihuraua River
• Inangahua River
• Irene River
• Irwell River

J[]

• Jackson River
• Jed River
• Jerry River
• John o'Groats River
• Jollie River
• Jordan River
• Juno River

K[]

• Kaeo River
• Kahurangi River
• Kahutara River
• Kaiapoi River
• Kaihu River
• Kaiikanui River
• Kaikou River
• Kaimarama River
• Kaipara River
• Kaipo River
• Kaituna River (Bay of Plenty)
• Kaiwaka River
• Kaiwakawaka River
• Kaiwara River
• Kaiwharawhara Stream
• Kaiwhata River
• Kaka River
• Kakanui River
• Kakapo River
• Kaniere River
• Kapowai River
• Karakatuwhero River
• Karamea River
• Karangarua River
• Karetu River (Canterbury)
• Karukaru River
• Kauaeranga River
• Kaukapakapa River
• Kauru River
• Kawakawa River
• Kawarau River
• Kawhatau River
• Kedron River
• Kekerengu River
• Kenana River
• Kennet River
• Kereu River
• Kerikeri River (Northland)
• Kerikeri River (Waikato)
• Kitchener River
• Kiwi River
• Kohaihai River
• Kokatahi River
• Komata River
• Kopeka River
• Kopuapounamu River
• Kopuaranga River
• Koranga River
• Korimako Stream
• Kowai River
• Kowhai River
• Kuaotunu River
• Kumengamatea River
• Kumeu River
• Kuratau River
• Kurow River

L[]

• L II River
• Lambert River
• Landsborough River
• Lawrence River
• Leader River
• Leatham River
• Leslie River
• Lewis River (Canterbury)
• Lewis River (West Coast)
• Light River
• Lilburne River
• Lindis River
• Little Akatarawa River
• Little Awakino River
• Little Boulder River
• Little Crow River
• Little Devil River
• Little Hohonu River
• Little Hope River
• Little Kowai River
• Little Lottery River
• Little Onahau River
• Little Opawa River
• Little Pokororo River
• Little Pomahaka River
• Little River
• Little Slate River
• Little Totara River
• Little Waingaro River
• Little Wanganui River
• Lochy River
• Lord River
• Lords River / Tūtaekawetoweto
• Lottery River
• Lud River
• Lyvia River

M[]

• Macaulay River
• Macfarlane River
• Mackenzie River
• Maclennan River
• Maerewhenua River
• Mahakirau River
• Mahitahi River
• Mahurangi River
• Maitai River
• Makahu River
• Mākākahi River
• Makara River (Chatham Islands)
• Makara River (Wellington)
• Makarau River
• Makaretu River
• Makarewa River
• Makarora River
• Makaroro River
• Makatote River
• Makawhio / Jacobs River
• Makerikeri River
• Makikihi River
• Makino River
• Makotuku River
• Makuri River
• Manaia River
• Manakaiaua River
• Manawapou River
• Manawatū River
• Mandamus River
• Mangaaruhe River
• Mangahao River
• Mangahauini River
• Mangaheia River
• Mangakahia River
• Mangakarengorengo River
• Mangakuri River
• Mangamaire River
• Mangamuka River
• Manganui River (Northland)
• Manganui River (Taranaki)
• Manganui River (Waikato)
• Manganuiohou River
• Manganuioteao River
• Mangaone River (Hawke's Bay)
• Mangaone River (Manawatū-Whanganui)
• Mangaoparo River
• Mangaorino River
• Mangaotaki River
• Mangapa River
• Mangapai River
• Mangapapa River (Bay of Plenty)
• Mangapapa River (Manawatū-Whanganui)
• Mangapehi River
• Mangapoike River
• Mangapu River
• Mangaroa River
• Mangatainoka River
• Mangatāwhiri River
• Mangatera River
• Mangatete River
• Mangatewai River
• Mangatewainui River
• Mangatokerau River
• Mangatoro River
• Mangatu River
• Mangaturuturu River
• Mangawai River
• Mangawharariki River
• Mangawhero River
• Māngere River
• Mangles River
• Mangonuiowae River
• Mangorewa River
• Manuherikia River
• Maori River
• Maraehara River
• Maraekakaho River
• Maraetaha River
• Maraetotara River
• Mārahau River
• Maramarua River
• Maramataha River
• Mararoa River
• Marchburn River
• Marokopa River
• Maropea River
• Martyr River
• Maruia River
• Mason River
• Mata River
• Matahaka River
• Mataikona River
• Matakana River
• Matakitaki River
• Matakohe River
• Mataroa River
• Mataura River
• Mathias River
• Matiri River
• Mātukituki River
• Maungakōtukutuku Stream
• Mawheraiti or Little Grey River
• McRae River
• Meola Creek
• Medina River
• Medway River
• Mike River
• Mikonui River
• Mimi River
• Miner River
• Mingha River
• Mistake River
• Misty River
• Moawhango River
• Moawhango West River
• Moeangiangi River
• Moeraki River / Blue River
• Moerangi River
• Mohaka River
• Mōhakatino River
• Mokau River
• Mōkihinui River
• Mokomokonui River
• Mokoreta River
• Monowai River
• Montgomerie River
• Morgan River
• Morse River
• Motatapu River
• Mōtū River
• Motueka River
• Motukaika River
• Motunau River
• Motupiko River
• Motupipi River
• Motuti River
• Moutere River
• Mowbray River
• Mueller River
• Mungo River
• Murchison River
• Murray River

N[]

• Namu River
• Nancy River
• Nevis River
• Newtown River
• New River / Kaimata
• Ngakawau River
• Ngamuwahine River
• Ngaruroro River
• Ngatau River
• Ngatiawa River
• Ngunguru River
• Nina River
• Nokomai River
• North Barlow River
• North Mathias River
• North Ohau River, Canterbury
• North Ohau River, Wellington
• North Opuha River
• North River
• Nuhaka River
• Nukuhou River

O[]

• Oakura River
• Ōamaru River
• Oaro River
• Ōhau River (Canterbury)
• Ōhau River (Manawatū-Whanganui)
• Ohikaiti River
• Ohikanui River
• Ōhinemahuta River
• Ohinemaka River
• Ohinemuri River
• Ohinetamatea River
• Ōhura River
• Ohuri River
• Okana River
• Okaramio River
• Okari River
• Ōkārito River
• Okuku River
• Okura River
• Okuru River
• Okuti River
• Old Bed Eyre River
• Old Bed of Waipawa River
• Olivine River
• Omaha River
• Omaka River
• Omanaia River
• Omanawa River
• Omaru River
• Omaumau River
• Omoeroa River
• Onaero River
• Onahau River
• Onekaka River
• Oneone River
• Ongarue River
• Onyx River (Ross Dependency)
• Ōpaoa River
• Oparara River
• Oparau River
• Opatu River
• Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River
• Ōpihi River
• Opitonui River
• Opotoru River
• Opouawe River
• Opouri River
• Opouteke River
• Opuha River
• Opuiaki River
• Ōpūrehu River
• Orangipuku River
• Orari River
• Orauea River
• Orere River
• Ōreti River
• Orewa River
• Orikaka River
• Orira River
• Orongorongo River
• Oroua River
• Orowaiti River
• Oruaiti River
• Oruawharo River
• Oruru River
• Orutua River
• Otahu River
• Otaio River
• Ōtaki River
• Otama River
• Otamatapaio River
• Otamatea River (Hawke's Bay)
• Otamatea River (Northland)
• Otara River
• Otaua River
• Otehake River
• Otekaieke River
• Otematata River
• Otere River
• Oterei River
• Otiake River
• Ōtira River
• Ōtoko River
• Otorehinaiti River
• Otto River
• Otututu / Rough River
• Otuwhero River
• Ounuora River
• Ourauwhare River
• Owahanga River
• Ōwaka River
• Owen River

P[]

• Pahaoa River
• Pahau River
• Pahi River
• Pairatahi River
• Pakarae River
• Pakiri River
• Pakoka River
• Pakowhai River
• Pākuratahi River
• Pandora River
• Papakanui River
• Paranui River
• Parapara River
• Pareora River
• Paringa River
• Pariwhakaoho River
• Pataua River
• Pātea River
• Paturau River
• Patutahi River
• Pearse River
• Pearson River
• Penk River
• Percival River
• Peria River
• Perth River
• Perunui River
• Phantom River
• Piako River
• Pitt River
• Pleasant River
• Poerua River (Grey District)
• Poerua River (Westland District)
• Pohangina River
• Pohuenui River
• Pokororo River
• Pomahaka River
• Pongaroa River
• Pōrangahau River
• Poroporo River
• Pororari River
• Porter River
• Postal River
• Potts River
• Pouawa River
• Poulter River
• Pourakino River
• Pourangaki River
• Price River
• Pūerua River
• Puhi Puhi River
• Puhoi River
• Pukaki River
• Pūkio Stream
• Punakaiki River
• Punakitere River
• Pungapunga River
• Puniu River
• Pupuke River
• Purakaunui River
• Purangi River
• Puremahaia River
• Puriri River
• Pyke River

R[]

• Racehorse River
• Rahu River
• Rai River
• Rainbow River
• Rainy River (Marlborough)
• Rainy River (Tasman)
• Rakaia River
• Rakeahua River
• Rangiora River
• Rangitaiki River
• Rangitane River
• Rangitata River
• Rangitīkei River
• Rappahannock River
• Raukokore River
• Rea River
• Red Pyke River
• Red River
• Rees River
• Reikorangi Stream
• Rerewhakaaitu River
• Retaruke River
• Ripia River
• Riuwaka River
• Roaring Lion River
• Robertson River
• Robinson River
• Rocky River
• Roding River
• Rogerson River
• Rolleston River
• Rolling River
• Ronga River
• Rooney River
• Rotokakahi River
• Rotokino River
• Rotowhenua River
• Ruakākā River
• Ruakituri River
• Ruakokoputuna River
• Ruamahanga River
• Rubicon River
• Ruera River
• Ryton River

S[]

• Sabine River
• Saxon River
• Saxton River
• Seaforth River
• Seaward River
• Selwyn River / Waikirikiri
• Serpentine River
• Severn River
• Shag River (Fiordland)
• Shenandoah River
• Sherry River
• Shin River
• Shotover River
• Sinclair River
• Skeet River
• Slate River
• Smite River
• Smoothwater River
• Smyth River
• Snow River
• Snowy River
• South Mathias River
• South Ohau River, Canterbury
• South Ohau River, Wellington
• South Opuha River
• Southern Waiotauru River
• Spey River (Southland)
• Spey River (Tasman)
• Spray River
• Stafford River
• Stanley River (Canterbury)
• Stanley River (Tasman)
• Stanton River
• Stillwater River
• Stony River
• Stour River
• Strauchon River
• Styx Creek
• Styx River (Canterbury)
• Styx River (North Canterbury)
• Styx River (West Coast)
• Swift River
• Swin River

T[]

• Tadmor River
• Tahaenui River
• Tahakopa River
• Taharua River
• Taheke River
• Tahekeroa River
• Tahoranui River
• Taieri River
• Taiharuru River
• Taihiki River
• Taipa River
• Taipo River (Buller District)
• Taipo River (Westland District)
• Taipoiti River
• Tairua River
• Takahue River
• Tākaka River
• Takaputahi River
• Takiritawai River
• Takou River
• Talbot River
• Tāmaki River
• Tamaki River (Manawatū-Whanganui)
• Tangahoe River
• Tāngarākau River
• Tapu River
• Tapuaeroa River
• Tapuwae River
• Taramakau River
• Tarawera River
• Taringamotu River
• Taruarau River
• Taruheru River
• Tasman River
• Tass River
• Tauanui River
• Tauherenikau River
• Tauhoa River
• Taumona River
• Tauranga River
• Tauranga Taupō River
• Taurangakautuku River
• Tauraroa River
• Tautuku River
• Tauweru River
• Tawapuku River
• Tawarau River
• Tawatahi River
• Taylor River
• Te Arai River
• Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River
• Te Haumi River
• Te Hoe River
• Te Hoiere / Pelorus River
• Te Kapa River
• Te Kauparenui / Gowan River
• Te Mata River
• Te Naihi River
• Te Putaaraukai River
• Te Rahotaiepa River
• Te Wharau River
• Teal River
• Tekapo River
• Teme River
• Temuka River
• Tengawai River
• Teviot River
• Thurso River
• Tīmaru River
• Tinline River
• Tinui River
• Tiraumea River (Manawatū-Whanganui)
• Tiraumea River (Tasman)
• Toaroha River
• Tohoratea River
• Toitoi River
• Tokanui River
• Tokomairaro River
• Tokomaru River
• Tolson River
• Tone River
• Tongapōrutu River
• Tongariro River
• Topuni River
• Tōrere River
• Torrent River
• Tōtara River (Buller District)
• Tōtara River (Westland District)
• Totarakaitorea River
• Townshend River
• Towy River
• Transit River
• Travers River
• Trent River
• Troyte River
• Tuamarina River
• Tuapeka River
• Tuke River
• Tukipo River
• Tukituki River
• Tummil River
• Tunakino River
• Turakina River
• Turanganui River (Gisborne)
• Turanganui River (Wellington)
• Turimawiwi River
• Turnbull River
• Tūtaekurī River
• Tutaki River
• Tūtoko River
• Tweed River
• Twizel River

U[]

• Uawa River
• Ugly River
• Upper Grey River
• Upukerora River
• Urenui River
• Utakura River

V[]

• Victoria River
• Von River

W[]

• Wahianoa River
• Wai-iti River
• Waianakarua River
• Waianiwaniwa River
• Waiapu River
• Waiariki River
• Waiaruhe River
• Waiatoto River
• Waiau River (Gisborne)
• Waiau River (Hawke's Bay)
• Waiau River (Southland)
• Waiau Toa / Clarence River
• Waiaua River (Bay of Plenty)
• Waiaua River (Taranaki)
• Waiau Uwha River
• Waihāhā River
• Waihao River
• Waiheke River
• Waihemo / Shag River
• Waihi River
• Waiho River
• Waihoihoi River
• Waihopai River (Marlborough)
• Waihopai River (Southland)
• Waihora River
• Waihou River
• Waihua River
• Waihuka River
• Waikaia River
• Waikākaho River
• Waikakariki River
• Waikamaka River
• Waikanae River
• Waikare River (Bay of Plenty)
• Waikare River (Northland)
• Waikaretāheke River
• Waikari River (Canterbury)
• Waikari River (Hawke's Bay)
• Waikato River
• Waikawa River
• Waikawau River (Thames-Coromandel District)
• Waikawau River (Waitomo District)
• Waikiti River
• Waikoau River
• Waikohu River
• Waikoropupu River
• Waikorure River
• Waikouaiti River
• Waikukupa River
• Waikura River (Raukokore River tributary)
• Waikura River (Hangaroa River tributary)
• Waima River
• Waimakariri River
• Waimamakau River
• Waimamaku River
• Waimana River
• Waimangarara River
• Waimangaroa River
• Waimarino River
• Waimata River
• Waimea River (Southland)
• Waimea River (Tasman)
• Waimeamea River
• Waingaro River (Tasman)
• Waingaro River (Waikato)
• Waingaromia River
• Waingawa River
• Waingongoro River
• Wainui River (Bay of Plenty)
• Wainui River (Manawatū-Whanganui)
• Wainui River (Northland)
• Wainui River (Tasman)
• Wainuiomata River
• Wainuiora River
• Wainuioru River
• Waioeka River
• Waiohine River
• Waiomoko River
• Waionepu River
• Waiorongomai River (Gisborne)
• Waiorongomai River (Wellington)
• Waiotahe River
• Waiotaka River
• Waiotama River
• Waiotauru River
• Waiotu River
• Waipā River
• Waipahi River
• Waipakihi River
• Waipaoa River
• Waipapa River (Bay of Plenty)
• Waipapa River (Northland)
• Waipapa River (Waikato)
• Waipati (Chaslands) River
• Waipara River (Canterbury)
• Waipara River (West Coast)
• Waipekakoura River
• Waipori River
• Waipoua River (Northland)
• Waipoua River (Wellington)
• Waipu River
• Waipunga River
• Wairahi River
• Wairakei River
• Wairau River
• Wairaurāhiri River
• Waireia River
• Wairere River
• Wairoa River (Auckland)
• Wairoa River (Bay of Plenty)
• Wairoa River (Hawke's Bay)
• Wairoa River (Northland)
• Wairoa River (Tasman)
• Wairongomai River
• Wairua River
• Waita River
• Waitaha River
• Waitahaia River
• Waitahanui River
• Waitahu River
• Waitāhuna River
• Waitakaruru River
• Waitākere River
• Waitaki River
• Waitangi River (Far North District)
• Waitangi River (Whangarei District)
• Waitangiroto River
• Waitangitāhuna River
• Waitara River
• Waitati River
• Waitawheta River
• Waitekauri River
• Waitekuri River
• Waitepeka River
• Waitetuna River
• Waitewaewae River
• Waitoa River
• Waitoetoe River
• Waitohi River
• Waitōtara River
• Waitutu River
• Waiuku River
• Waiwawa River
• Waiwera River
• Waiwhakaiho River
• Waiwhango River
• Wakamarina River
• Wakapuaka River
• Walker River
• Wandle River
• Wanganui River
• Wangapeka River
• Wapiti River
• Warwick River
• Water of Leith
• Weiti River
• Wentworth River
• West Mathias River
• Western Hutt River
• Whakaikai River
• Whakaki River
• Whakanekeneke River
• Whakapapa River
• Whakapara River
• Whakapohai River
• Whakarapa River
• Whakatahine River
• Whakataki River
• Whakatāne River
• Whakatikei River
• Whakaurekou River
• Whanaki River
• Whangae River
• Whangaehu River
• Whangamarino River
• Whangamaroro River
• Whangamoa River
• Whangamōmona River
• Whanganui River
• Whangaparāoa River
• Whareama River
• Whareatea River
• Wharehine River
• Wharekahika River
• Wharekawa River
• Wharekōpae River
• Wharemauku Stream
• Wharepapa River
• Whataroa River
• Whau River
• Whawanui River
• Wheao River
• Whenuakite River
• Whenuakura River
• Whirinaki River (Hawke's Bay)
• Whirinaki River (Northland)
• Whistler River
• Whitbourn River
• Whitcombe River
• White River
• White Rock River
• Whitestone River
• Whitewater River
• Wilberforce River
• Wild Natives River
• Wilkin River
• Wilkinson River
• Willberg River
• Williamson River
• Wills River
• Wilmot River
• Wilson River
• Windley River
• Windward River
• Winterton River
• Wolff River
• Woolley River
• Wye River

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• Yankee River
• Yarra River
• Young River