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River of New Zealand

Grebe River
Route of the Grebe River
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Location
Country	New Zealand
Physical characteristics

Source
• coordinates	45°48′21″S 167°18′10″E / 45.8059°S 167.3027°E / -45.8059; 167.3027

Mouth
• location	Lake Manapouri
• coordinates	45°35′08″S 167°22′05″E / 45.585556°S 167.368056°E / -45.585556; 167.368056
• elevation	118 m (387 ft)
Basin features
Progression	Grebe River → Lake Manapouri → Waiau River → Foveaux Strait
Tributaries
• left	Fowler Stream, Jaquiery Stream, Florence Stream, Emerald Stream, Percy Stream

The Grebe River is a river in Fiordland, New Zealand. It arises north-west of Lake Monowai in an area once part of the lake but cut off by an enormous landslide about 13,000 years ago. The river now flows north, between the Townley Mountains to the west, and the Hunter Mountains to the east, and into Lake Manapouri's South Arm. Its major tributaries are Jaquiery Stream, Florence Stream, Emerald Stream, and Percy Stream, all from the west.

Borland Road runs along much of the Grebe Valley to Lake Manapouri. It was built in 1963 to support a transmission line between the lake and Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. A tramping track runs from the northern end of Lake Monowai to the head of the Grebe and up to the road. The Department of Conservation maintains several huts for trampers in the area.

Whitewater kayaking/canoeing is possible on the last three km of the Grebe, from Percy Valley to Lake Manapouri.

References

"Green Lake Landslide - New Zealand's largest landslide". GNS Science. Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 105. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. p. 458.
"Lake Monowai / Borland Road". Department of Conservation. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
"Borland Road tramping tracks". Department of Conservation. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
"Grebe / Percy Valley bridge to Lake Manapouri, II-III+". Whitewater NZ. Retrieved 16 July 2009.

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v t e Fiordland, New Zealand
Fiords	Doubtful Sound / Patea Deep Cove Hāwea / Bligh Sound Hinenui / Nancy Sound Bradshaw Sound Milford Sound Taiari / Chalky Inlet Charles Sound Caswell Sound Tamatea / Dusky Sound Thompson Sound Sutherland Sound George Sound Breaksea Sound Dagg Sound Rakituma / Preservation Inlet
Bays	Big Bay Martins Bay Pearl Harbour Te Waewae Bay
Islands	Anchor Island Arran Island Bauza Island Bay Rock Belle Vue Island Breaksea Island Brig Rock Buncrana Island Centre Island Chalky Island Coal Island Cooper Island Elizabeth Island Great Island Indian Island Long Island Pomona Island Resolution Island Secretary Island
Lakes	Lake Alabaster Lake Alice Lake Fergus Lake Gunn Green Lake Lake Hauroko Lake Innes Lake Manapouri Lake Marian Lake McKerrow / Whakatipu Waitai Mirror Lakes Lake Monowai Lake Poteriteri Lake Quill Lake Te Anau Waiuna Lagoon
Marine reserves	Hawea (Clio Rocks) Kahukura (Gold Arm) Kutu Parera (Gaer Arm) Moana Uta (Wet Jacket Arm) Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) Taipari Roa (Elizabeth Island) Taumoana (Five Finger Peninsula) Te Awaatu Channel (The Gut) Te Hapua (Sutherland Sound) Te Tapuwae o Hua (Long Sound)
Mountain ranges	Darran Mountains Franklin Mountains Humboldt Mountains Hunter Mountains Kepler Mountains Murchison Mountains Wick Mountains
Mountains	Mitre Peak Mount Edgecumbe Mount Grono Mount Luxmore Mount Moturau Mount Richardson Mount Titiroa Mount Tūtoko
Rivers	Aan River Arthur River Awarua River Big River Bowen River Camelot River Carrick River Castle River Cavendish River Cleddau River Clinton River Coal River Dark River Donne River Doon River Dry Awarua River Edith River Eglinton River Electric River Elizabeth River Forgotten River George River Glaisnock River Gray River Grebe River Gulliver River Hollyford River Irene River John o'Groats River Juno River Kaipo River Light River Lyvia River Mike River Misty River Monowai River Namu River Newton River Olivine River Pandora River Pitt River Pyke River Rea River Red Pyke River Rooney River Seaforth River Shag River Spey River Stillwater River Talbot River Thurso River Transit River Tūtoko River Waiau River Waikōau River Wairaurāhiri River Waitutu River Walker River Wapiti River Whitewater River Wild Natives River Wilmot River Wilson River Windward River Wolff River
Waterfalls	Bowen Falls Browne Falls Grainger Falls Helena Falls Humboldt Falls Lady Alice Falls Sutherland Falls
Settlements	Manapouri Milford Sound Port Craig Te Anau
Structures	Homer Tunnel Manapouri Power Station Milford Sound Airport Monowai Power Station Milford Road Port Craig tramway Puysegur Point Lighthouse Te Anau Airport
Walking tracks	Dusky Track Hollyford Track Hump Ridge Track Kepler Track Kepler Challenge Milford Track Routeburn Track Routeburn Classic
Other features	Aurora Cave Awarua Point Fiordland National Park Foveaux Strait Hollyford Valley McKinnon Pass Puysegur Point Te Ana-au Caves Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Site West Cape Wilmot Pass
Programmes and expeditions	Fiordland Islands programme New Zealand American Fiordland Expedition

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