# Tōtara Stream, a waterway of Christchurch

A stream, 1.9 km as OpenStreetMap draws it, crossing 1 suburb. Also recorded as “Tōtara”.

## The suburbs on its banks

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


## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Tōtara Stream?**

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

**Which suburbs does Tōtara Stream pass through?**

Pigeon Bay.

**What else is Tōtara Stream called?**

The map also records “Tōtara”, 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/totara-stream
Every waterway as data: https://www.chch.live/waterways.geojson
The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/river