Hurunui River
| Hurunui River | |
|---|---|
A mountainbiker crossing the Hurunui River upstream of Lake Sumner | |
Location of the mouth within New Zealand | |
| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Southern Alps |
| Mouth | |
• location | Pacific Ocean |
• elevation | sea level |
| Length | 150 km (93 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,671 km2 (1,031 mi2) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 53 m3/s (1,900 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 16.8 m3/s (590 cu ft/s) |
The Hurunui River is the fourth largest of the four principal rivers in north Canterbury, New Zealand, with a catchment area of 2,670 square kilometres (1,030 mi2). The river flows from the eastern side of the Southern Alps, to the Pacific Ocean.