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Niagara Falls (New Zealand)

Coordinates:46°35′41″S169°08′04″E / 46.594594°S 169.134576°E /-46.594594; 169.134576
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Waterfall in Southland, New Zealand
Mānga Piri / Niagara Falls
Map
Interactive map of Mānga Piri / Niagara Falls
LocationThe Catlins,Southland,New Zealand
Coordinates46°35′41″S169°08′04″E / 46.594594°S 169.134576°E /-46.594594; 169.134576
TypeRapids
WatercourseWaikawa River

TheNiagara Falls (Māori:Mānga Piri) arerapids of theWaikawa River on theSouth Island inNew Zealand.[1][2]

A surveyor named them ironically because the falls share little in resemblance with theNiagara Falls on the border between the US and Canada. They are rather considered to be the smallest falls inThe Catlins.[3][4] The falls are a potential spawning area forīnanga.[5]

References

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  1. ^"Southland's Niagara Falls' name started as a joke".Stuff. 6 April 2016. Retrieved2 February 2021.
  2. ^"On the road: A simple life at New Zealand's own Niagara Falls".Stuff. 6 January 2021. Retrieved2 February 2021.
  3. ^"Niagara Falls/Manga Piri".Southland, New Zealand. Retrieved2 February 2021.
  4. ^"Niagara Falls | South Island | Southproud.co.nz".www.southproud.co.nz. Retrieved2 February 2021.
  5. ^Hicks, Andy; Leigh, Bjorn; Dare, James (December 2013)."Potential Inanga Spawning Areas in Southland Rivers"(PDF).Technical Report.2014–06. Environment Southland:1–24.


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