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Gelt River (New Zealand)

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Gelt River is a river in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. It arises near Mount Peter in the Black Hills and flows south, then east and north-east into Conway River. The river has a catchment area of 1,650 hectares (4, 100 acres).

Flows through: New Zealand.

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

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