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Butler River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Butler River is a river of New Zealand. The source of the river is the Whataroa Glacier on the north western slopes of McKinnon Peak in the Southern Alps. From there the river flows in a west direction reaching the Whataroa River 15 kilometres (9 mi) southeast of Whataroa.

Flows through: New Zealand.

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

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