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Not to be confused with Grey River / Māwheranui, on the West Coast of New Zealand.

River in New Zealand
Gray River
Route of the Gray River
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Native namePūharakeke (Māori)
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
SourceCameron Mountains
 • coordinates46°04′42″S 166°50′17″E / 46.0782°S 166.8380°E / -46.0782; 166.8380
Mouth 
 • locationRevolver Bay
 • coordinates46°05′25″S 166°44′05″E / 46.09027°S 166.73472°E / -46.09027; 166.73472
 • elevation0 m (0 ft)
Basin features
ProgressionGray River → Revolver Bay → Te Awaroa / Long SoundRakituma / Preservation InletTasman Sea

The Gray River is a river in the Fiordland area of New Zealand. It arises in the Cameron Mountains in Fiordland National Park and flows south-west and then north-west into Revolver Bay, on the south side of Rakituma / Preservation Inlet.

The river may have once flowed into Kisbee Bay, south of its current mouth, but it built a broad flat by depositing glacial debris, changing its course to Revolver Bay.

See also

References

  1. Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 104. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
  2. Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 240. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
  3. "The Geology of the Region about Preservation and Chalky Inlets, Southern Fiordland, N.Z.". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961. Vol. 64. 1935. p. 80.
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