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Omoeroa River
Country New Zealand
Physical characteristics
Main source Southern Alps
River mouth Tasman Sea
Length 25 kilometres (16 mi)

The Omoeroa River is a river of the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows northwest from its source high in the Southern Alps, 14 kilometres north of Aoraki / Mount Cook, reaching the Tasman Sea 12 kilometres west of Franz Josef.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of the long sleep" for Ōmoeroa.

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