Papenoʼo River

The Papenoo River is a river on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia.
The river rises in the mountains of Tahiti east of the town center of Papeete and ends on the coast of Tahiti near Papenoo. It is about long and is about wide at the mouth. All the water ends in the Pacific Ocean. The river forms as a little trickle from the little snow melt of Mont Orohena in the center of Tahiti and flows northward toward Arue, [French Polynesia|Arue]. As it flows north, it collects more and more snow melt. Eventually, it becomes a wide river south of the ocean. Once it reaches the Tahiti Freeway, it becomes a wide river. The river's highest elevation is in the mountains of Tahiti. The lowest elevation is once the Papenoo River meets the Pacific Ocean.
The river was previously called Vaituaru, "the stream that destroys everything in its path".