page_title: Shag River / Waihemo
hierarchical_section_title: Shag River / Waihemo
caption_attribution_description: This is a panorama of the view from shag point near Palmerston, in New Zealand. Locations is S 45° 28.613' E 170° 49.524' (WGS '84; within 10 m).
context_page_description: The Shag River is located in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. It rises in the Kakanui Range, flowing southeast for 50 kilometres before reaching the Pacific Ocean on the south side of Shag Point east of Palmerston. The Dunback Branch railway that operated from the 1880s to 1989 largely followed the route of the river from its junction with the Main South Line near Shag Point township to its terminus in Dunback.
  The small- to medium-sized river has been adversely affected over the past decades by farming practices in the area. Much of its length is overgrown with willows, and during the summer its flow can become significantly reduced.
context_section_description: The Shag River (Māori: Waihemo) is located in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. It rises in the Kakanui Range, flowing southeast for 50 kilometres (31 mi) before reaching the Pacific Ocean on the south side of Shag Point east of Palmerston. The Dunback Branch railway that operated from the 1880s to 1989 largely followed the route of the river from its junction with the Main South Line near Shag Point township to its terminus in Dunback.
  The small- to medium-sized river has been adversely affected over the past decades by farming practices in the area. Much of its length is overgrown with willows, and during the summer its flow can become significantly reduced.
caption: Panorama overlooking Shag Point, on the north side of the mouth of the Shag River
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