# Avoca Valley Stream, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 1.4 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 2 suburbs.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley)
- [Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough)


## The reports along it
3 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8690095), [73 Avoca Valley Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/73-avoca-valley-road)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3382707), [73 Avoca Valley Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/73-avoca-valley-road)
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/206199), 77, Avoca Valley Road, Heathcote Valley, 8022, Canterbury

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Avoca Valley Stream?**

1.4 km as mapped, 2 ways in the open map, crossing 2 suburbs.

**Which suburbs does Avoca Valley Stream pass through?**

Heathcote Valley, Hillsborough.

**Is the line on the map the whole waterway?**

It’s the centreline, the middle of the water as mapped on OpenStreetMap, not its banks. A line says where it runs, not how wide it is or whether it carries water today.


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The line is OpenStreetMap’s, named ways tagged river, stream, drain or canal inside the city boundary, merged by name (ODbL). Centrelines, not banks; the live gauges are instruments, kept at https://www.chch.live/rivers.
The page: https://www.chch.live/river/avoca-valley-stream
Every waterway as data: https://www.chch.live/waterways.geojson
The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/river