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New Zealand · Geography · Hard
What is unusual about the Waikato River, New Zealand's longest river at 425 kilometres, in terms of its final outflow point?
Answer: It flows into the Tasman Sea, not the Pacific Ocean — The Waikato River, draining Lake Taupō, flows northwest through the Waikato Plains and empties into the Tasman Sea at Port Waikato — notable because most major North Island rivers on the eastern side drain to the Pacific.
- A It disappears underground
- B It flows into the Tasman Sea, not the Pacific Ocean ✓
- C It flows northward across the equator
- D It ends in a closed inland basin
The Waikato River, draining Lake Taupō, flows northwest through the Waikato Plains and empties into the Tasman Sea at Port Waikato — notable because most major North Island rivers on the eastern side drain to the Pacific.