Silver Stream (New Zealand)

The Silver Stream is a small river flowing close to the town of Mosgiel in Otago, New Zealand.^[1]

The Silver Stream, known in Māori as Whakaehu,^[2] rises in the Silverpeaks hills north of Dunedin, on the southern slope of Silver Peak itself, and flows initially southwards through a steep-sided forested valley before turning west at the eastern edge of the Taieri Plains at the foot of Three Mile Hill, close to Invermay Research Station. It continues in a southwesterly direction past the northern edge of Mosgiel, reaching the Taieri River two kilometres north of Allanton. Its total length is about 30 kilometres (19 mi).

The river has a history of flooding, but this has been remedied by the artificial raising of its banks, especially close to Mosgiel. In mid-2006, after heavy rain, the Silver Stream flooded at some points, but did not flood on the part of the bank running close to the town.

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Coordinates: 45°53′23″S 170°16′10″E / 45.889661°S 170.269486°E / -45.889661; 170.269486