Waimakariri Gorge
43°13′41″S 171°56′53″E / 43.228°S 171.948°E / -43.228; 171.948
The Waimakariri Gorge is located on the Waimakariri River in inland Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand.
The height of the Waimakariri gorge bridge is 30m.
Like its neighbour, the Rakaia River, the Waimakariri runs through wide shingle beds for much of its length, but is forced through a narrow canyon as it approaches the Canterbury Plains.
Much of the gorge is followed by the Midland line. The Waimakariri Gorge Bridge was built in 1876 by William Stocks. Until the early 1930s, it carried the Oxford Branch railway line connecting Oxford and Sheffield.[1]
References
- ^ "The Waimakariri Gorge Bridge". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
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Waimakariri River
Source: Mount Rolleston, Southern Alps—Flows into: Pacific Ocean
- Canterbury Region
- Selwyn District
- Waimakariri District
- Bealey
- Cass
- Kowai Bush
- Springfield
- Sheffield
- Courtenay
- McLeans Island
- Eyreton
- Belfast
- Coutts Island
- Kainga
- Kaiapoi
- Brooklands
- Spencerville
- Kairaki
- White River
- Crow River
- Anti Crow River
- Bealey River
- Hawdon River
- Poulter River
- Esk River
- Broken River
- Kowai River
- Eyre River
- Kaiapoi River
- Styx River
- Lake Grasmere
- Lake Sarah
- Lake Pearson
- Lake Marymere
- Lake Hawdon
- Lake Letitia
- Lake Rubicon
- Arthur's Pass National Park
- Waimakariri Gorge
- Oxford Branch
- Midland Line
- Eyrewell Forest
- 1: Waikato
- 2: Clutha / Mata-Au
- 3: Whanganui
- 4: Taieri
- 5: Rangitīkei
- 6: Mataura
- 7: Waiau
- 8: Waiau Toa / Clarence
- 9: Waitaki
- 10: Ōreti
- 11: Rangitaiki
- 12: Manawatū
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