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42°F / 5°C
(Passing Clouds. Nippy.)
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Mid Canterbury
Christchurch, Canterbury
8751
+64 (0)3 379 6929
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Rising in a hidden alpine valley called The Garden of Eden, this braided, glacier-fed river, whose Maori name means "River from the Sky", descends from the mountains in a vast u-shaped valley. Enlarged by tributaries, it surges into the Rangitata Gorge where its average flow of 170,000 litres (or 170 tonnes) passing every second is enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool in 11.8 seconds. Emerging from the gorge the river begins its journey across the plains to the Pacific. The river is a popular salmon fishery and the gorge hosts one of New Zealand's premier rafting trips.
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