page_title: Rakaia River
hierarchical_section_title: Rakaia River
caption_attribution_description: The w:Rakaia River as viewed from w:Mount Hutt, New Zealand
context_page_description: The Rakaia River is in the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand's South Island. The Rakaia River is one of the largest braided rivers in New Zealand. The Rakaia River has a mean flow of 203 cubic metres per second and a mean annual seven-day low flow of 87 m³/s. In the 1850s, European settlers named it the Cholmondeley River, but this name lapsed into disuse.
context_section_description: The Rakaia River is in the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand's South Island.  The Rakaia River is one of the largest braided rivers in New Zealand. The Rakaia River has a mean flow of 203 cubic metres per second (7,200 cu ft/s) and a mean annual seven-day low flow of 87 m³/s (3,100 cu ft/s).  In the 1850s, European settlers named it the Cholmondeley River, but this name lapsed into disuse.
caption: The Rakaia River as viewed from Mount Hutt
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