Deep Stream is a tributary of the Taieri River in Otago, New Zealand. The stream runs generally eastwards for some 70 kilometres from its source on the slopes of Lammerlaw in the Lammerlaw Range (at 45°42′55″S 169°44′15″E / 45.71528°S 169.73750°E), reaching the Taieri River near Hindon in the Taieri Gorge.[1]
| Deep Stream | |
|---|---|
 Deep Stream Viaduct of the Taieri Gorge Railway, near the mouth of Deep Stream as it enters the Taieri River | |
 Route of Deep Stream | |
.png)  Mouth of Deep Stream   Deep Stream (South Island) | |
| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lammerlaw Range |
| • coordinates | 45°42′30″S 169°44′46″E / 45.7082°S 169.7462°E |
| • elevation | 1,125 m (3,691 ft)[1] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Taieri River |
• coordinates | 45°42′07″S 170°18′18″E / 45.70187°S 170.30496°E |
• elevation | 75 m (246 ft)[1] |
| Length | 70 km (43 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Deep Stream → Taieri River → Pacific Ocean |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Deep Creek, Shannon Stream |
| • right | Devils Creek, Barbours Stream, Clarkes Stream, Pegleg Stream, Boyds Creek |
| Bridges | Deep Stream Viaduct |
A railway junction was located at the junction of the Deep Stream and the Taieri, also called Deep Stream, which was on the Otago Central Railway.[2][3] The line is still used by Dunedin Railways, but the station was closed in 1954 and no longer exists.
Trout fishing with grasshoppers was popular on the stream.[4]
The stream shares its name with several other much shorter streams in the Canterbury and Southland Regions of New Zealand.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Deep Stream (Otago)," topomap.co.nz
- ^ "Otago Central Rail - Deep Stream". natlib.govt.nz. Burton Brothers (Dunedin). 1 January 1880.
- ^ Representatives, New Zealand Parliament House of (5 August 1887). Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand. House of Representatives – via Google Books.
- ^ Spackman, W. H. (5 August 1892). Trout in New Zealand: Where to Go and how to Catch Them. G. Didsbury, government printer. p. 73 – via Internet Archive.
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