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Avon River (Marlborough)

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Avon River flows northeast from its sources in rough country southwest of Blenheim to reach the Waihopai River 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the latter's outflow into the Wairau River of New Zealand. Tummil River is a tributary of the Avon, joining it southwest of Blenheim.

Flows through: New Zealand.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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