Ōtira River

River in South Island of New Zealand

42°54′08″S 171°31′23″E / 42.9022°S 171.5231°E / -42.9022; 171.5231 Mouth

• location

Taramakau River

• coordinates

42°45′43″S 171°37′59″E / 42.762°S 171.633°E / -42.762; 171.633Length20 km (12 mi)Basin featuresProgressionŌtira River → Taramakau River → Tasman SeaTributaries • leftCurtis Creek, Kea Creek, Park Creek, Hodge Creek, Rolleston River, Goat Creek, Kellys Creek • rightPegleg Creek, Candys Creek, Reid Falls, Wesley Creek, Barrack Creek, Deception River, Paratu StreamBridgesŌtira Viaduct, Wallace Point Bridge, Yorkeys Point Bridge, Ōtira River Bridge, Morrison Footbridge

The Ōtira River is located in the central South Island of New Zealand. It rises on the slopes of Mount Rolleston in the Southern Alps, and flows north for 20 kilometres (12 mi), passing through the town of Otira before joining the Taramakau River.^[1] The Taramakau's outflow is into the Tasman Sea, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Greymouth.

The valley of the Otira River forms the northwestern approach to Arthur's Pass, one of the three main passes across the Southern Alps.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Otira River.

^ "Place name detail: Ōtira River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

Arthur's Pass National Park, New Zealand

Mountains

Mount Damfool
Mount Franklin
Mount Murchison
Mount Rolleston

Mountain passes

Arthur's Pass
Harper Pass

Ski fields

Temple Basin

Rivers

Anti Crow River
Bealey River
Cox River
Crow River
Deception River
Edwards River
Hawdon River
Mingha River
Otehake River
Ōtira River
Poulter River
Rolleston River
Taipoiti River
Taramakau River
Waimakariri River
White River

Settlements and structures

Events

Coast to Coast

v t e Landforms of Westland District, New Zealand
Alpine passes	Arthur's Pass Browning Pass / Nōti Raureka Copland Pass Haast Pass
Bays	Bruce Bay Jackson Bay
Canyons, gorges and waterfalls	Fantail Falls Gates of Haast Hokitika Gorge Otira Gorge Roaring Billy Falls Thunder Creek Falls
Glaciers	Agassiz Glacier Douglas Glacier Fox Glacier Franz Josef Glacier Garden of Eden Ice Plateau Olivine Ice Plateau Volta Glacier
Headlands	Abut Head Awarua Point Gillespies Point Knights Point
Islands	Open Bay Islands
Lakes and lagoons	Abel Lake Alpine Lake / Ata Puai Lake Ellery Lake Gault Lake Ianthe Lake Kaniere Lake Mahinapua Lake Mapourika Lake Matheson Lake Moeraki Ōkārito Lagoon Lake Paringa Saltwater Lagoon Lake Wahapo
Mountain ranges	Butler Range Southern Alps
Mountains	Mount Adams Aoraki / Mount Cook Mount Aspiring / Tititea Mount Brewster Mount Dampier Mount Graham Mount Haast Mount Hopkins La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak Mount Rolleston Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Vancouver Mount Whitcombe
River flats	Pleasant Flat
Rivers	Adams River Arahura River Arawhata River Balfour River Barlow River Barn River Bettne River Big Wainihinihi River Burke River Butler River Callery River Cascade River Clarke River Clearwater River Cook River / Weheka Copland River Cropp River Deception River Donald River Douglas River Drake River Duncan River Edison River Fork River Fox River Gorge River Gunn River Haast River Hacket River Hall River Hapuka River Harman River Hinatua River Hokitika River Hope River Jackson River Jerry River Kaniere River Karangarua River Kokatahi River Lambert River Landsborough River Lord River Macfarlane River Mahitahi River Jacobs River Manakaiaua River Maori River Martyr River Mikonui River Moeraki River Morse River Mueller River Mungo River Ngatau River North Barlow River Ohinemaka River Ōhinetamatea River Ōkārito River Okuru River Ōmoeroa River Oneone River Otehake River Ōtira River Ōtoko River Paringa River Perth River Poerua River Rolleston River Rotokino River Ruera River Ship Creek Smoothwater River Smyth River Stafford River Strauchon River Styx River Taipo River Taramakau River Te Rahotaiepa River Toaroha River Tōtara River Totarakaitorea River Troyte River Tuke River Turnbull River Waiatoto River Waiho River Waikūkūpa River Waipara River Waita River Waitaha River Waitangitāhuna River Waitangiroto River Wanganui River Whakaikai River Whakapohai River Whataroa River Whitcombe River Wilkinson River Willberg River Williamson River Wills River