# Styx River, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 19.8 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 9 suburbs. Also recorded as “Pūharakekenui”.

## The suburbs on its banks

- [Belfast](https://www.chch.live/belfast)
- [Bottle Lake](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake)
- [Brooklands](https://www.chch.live/brooklands)
- [Casebrook](https://www.chch.live/casebrook)
- [Marshland](https://www.chch.live/marshland)
- [Northwood](https://www.chch.live/northwood)
- [Ouruhia](https://www.chch.live/ouruhia)
- [Redwood](https://www.chch.live/redwood)
- [Spencerville](https://www.chch.live/spencerville)


## The reports along it
1,925 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/9071889), [9R Lower Styx Road, Marshland, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/9r-lower-styx-road)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9069244), [155 Metehau St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/155-metehau-street)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9059197), Styx Mill Conservation Reserve 130 Hussey Road, Northwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9049740), [986 Lower Styx Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/brooklands/986-lower-styx-road)
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9045911), Styx Mill Dog Park 130 Hussey Road, Northwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9039277), 34–38 Willowview Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9026469), 746–764 Hawkins Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9019603), [10 Shammys Place, Brooklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/brooklands/10-shammys-place)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9017388), [41 Riverwood Boulevard, Redwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/redwood/41-riverwood-boulevard)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9007573), [2 Heyders Road, Spencerville, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/spencerville/2-heyders-road)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8995504), [303 Radcliffe Road, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/belfast/303-radcliffe-road)
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8994873), Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Styx River?**

19.8 km as mapped, 4 ways in the open map, crossing 9 suburbs.

**Which suburbs does Styx River pass through?**

Belfast, Bottle Lake, Brooklands, Casebrook, and 5 more.

**What else is Styx River called?**

The map also records “Pūharakekenui”, the page answers to all of them.

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