# Estuary Drain, a waterway of Christchurch

A drain, 1.0 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Bexley](https://www.chch.live/bexley)


## The reports along it
140 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8971559), [208 Bexley Road, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bexley/208-bexley-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8934794), Anzac Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8332798), [295 Bexley Road, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bexley/295-bexley-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7854258), Bexley Park 188 Bexley Road, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7647512), Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7616892), [188 Bexley Road, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bexley/188-bexley-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7364953), Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7364888), Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7192223), Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7170499), [181F Bexley Road, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bexley/181f-bexley-road)
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7163807), [143 Bexley Road, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bexley/143-bexley-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7141001), [188 Bexley Road, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/bexley/188-bexley-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Estuary Drain?**

1.0 km as mapped, 4 ways in the open map, crossing 1 suburb.

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

Bexley.

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