Te Hoe River
| Te Hoe River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Mohaka River |
| Length | 23 km (14 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Hautapu River |
The Te Hoe River is a river of the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows south from its sources west of Lake Waikaremoana to reach the Mohaka River 20 kilometres north of Lake Tutira.
The river and its tributary streams flow through the Tahora Formation, and is a location where many Mesozoic fossils have been uncovered since the 1970s.[1] In 1999, palaeontologist Joan Wiffen discovered the vertebra bone of a titanosaur in a tributary of the Te Hoe River.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Gill, B.J.; Eagle, M.K. (2014). "New Zealand Mesozoic marine reptiles in the Auckland Museum collection". Records of the Auckland Museum. 49: 21–28. ISSN 1174-9202.
- ^ "Giant dinosaur fossil find in Hawke's Bay". stuff.co.nz. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
"Place name detail: Te Hoe River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
Categories:
- Rivers of the Hawke's Bay Region
- Rivers of New Zealand
- Paleontological sites of New Zealand
- New Zealand river stubs
- Hawke's Bay Region geography stubs