# Starvation Gully, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 2.9 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Pigeon Bay](https://www.chch.live/pigeon-bay)


## The reports along it
2 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8529545), 12–46 Starvation Gully Rd, Canterbury, Pigeon Bay 7583, New Zealand
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/6432826), [23 Starvation Gully Road, Pigeon Bay 7583, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/pigeon-bay/23-starvation-gully-road)

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Starvation Gully?**

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

**Which suburbs does Starvation Gully pass through?**

Pigeon Bay.

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