Acheron River (Canterbury)
River in the Selwyn District, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other rivers called Acheron, see Acheron (disambiguation).
The Acheron River is a river in Canterbury, New Zealand and flows from Lake Lyndon south into the Rakaia River.[1]
Quick Facts Native name, Location ...
Acheron River | |
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Native name | Kairaumati (Māori) |
Location | |
Country | New Zealand |
region | Canterbury Region |
District | Selwyn District |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lake Lyndon |
• coordinates | 43°18′48″S 171°41′23″E |
• elevation | 830 m (2,720 ft) |
Mouth | Rakaia River |
• coordinates | 43°23′58″S 171°34′20″E |
• elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
Length | 19.8 kilometres (12.3 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Lake Lyndon → Acheron River → Rakaia River |
River system | Rakaia River |
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Small deposits of coal are found near the river. In the 1870s, a proposal existed to extend the Whitecliffs Branch, a branch line railway, through the Rakaia Gorge to the Acheron River to access these coal deposits, and an 1880 Royal Commission on New Zealand's railway network was in favour of this extension, but it never came to fruition.[2]