Little Wanganui River
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The Little Wanganui River is a river of the West Coast Region of New Zealand
's South Island
. It flows generally west from the slopes of Mount Allen
, reaching the Karamea Bight
close to the small; settlement of Little Wanganui.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
's South Island
South Island
The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean...
. It flows generally west from the slopes of Mount Allen
Mount Allen
Mount Allen is a mountain in the Canadian Rockies, located on the Continental Divide, which forms the boundary between British Columbia and Alberta in this region. Named for Samuel Evans Stokes Allen. It is located in the Sundance Range.-See also:...
, reaching the Karamea Bight
Karamea Bight
The Karamea Bight is the name given to a large bay in the Tasman Sea formed by a curved stretch of the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. It stretches for 100 kilometres north from Cape Foulwind to just north of the mouth of the Heaphy River....
close to the small; settlement of Little Wanganui.