Deep Stream

Deep Stream
Deep Stream Viaduct of the Taieri Gorge Railway, near the mouth of Deep Stream as it enters the Taieri River
Route of Deep Stream
Mouth of Deep Stream
Deep Stream (South Island)
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
SourceLammerlaw Range
  coordinates45°42′30″S 169°44′46″E / 45.7082°S 169.7462°E / -45.7082; 169.7462
  elevation1,125 m (3,691 ft)
Mouth 
  location
Taieri River
  coordinates
45°42′07″S 170°18′18″E / 45.70187°S 170.30496°E / -45.70187; 170.30496
  elevation
75 m (246 ft)
Length70 km (43 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionDeep StreamTaieri RiverPacific Ocean
Tributaries 
  leftDeep Creek, Shannon Stream
  rightDevils Creek, Barbours Stream, Clarkes Stream, Pegleg Stream, Boyds Creek
BridgesDeep Stream Viaduct

Deep Stream is a tributary of the Taieri River in Otago, New Zealand. The stream runs generally eastwards for some 70 kilometres from its source on the slopes of Lammerlaw in the Lammerlaw Range (at 45°42′55″S 169°44′15″E / 45.71528°S 169.73750°E / -45.71528; 169.73750), reaching the Taieri River near Hindon in the Taieri Gorge.

A railway junction was located at the junction of the Deep Stream and the Taieri, also called Deep Stream, which was on the Otago Central Railway. The line is still used by Dunedin Railways, but the station was closed in 1954 and no longer exists.

Trout fishing with grasshoppers was popular on the stream.

The stream shares its name with several other much shorter streams in the Canterbury and Southland Regions of New Zealand.