# Cases Drain, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 1.5 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Halswell](https://www.chch.live/halswell)


## The reports along it
8 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8238470), [113 Quaifes Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/113-quaifes-road)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7580812), [37 Trices Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/37-trices-road)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6998468), Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6589259), [109 Quaifes Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/109-quaifes-road)
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6222133), Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5076721), [155 Quaifes Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/155-quaifes-road)
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2488753), [155 Quaifes Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/155-quaifes-road)
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/728475), [60 Trices Rd, Halswell, Christchurch 7674, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/60-trices-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Cases Drain?**

1.5 km as mapped, 1 way in the open map, crossing 1 suburb.

**Which suburbs does Cases Drain pass through?**

Halswell.

**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/cases-drain
Every waterway as data: https://www.chch.live/waterways.geojson
The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/river
