Cox River (New Zealand)
Cox River | |
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Location | |
Country | New Zealand |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Crawford Range |
• coordinates | 42°44′41″S 171°54′25″E / 42.7448°S 171.907°E |
• elevation | 1,250 m (4,100 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Poulter River |
• coordinates | 42°54′02″S 171°58′00″E / 42.90067°S 171.96676°E |
• elevation | 540 m (1,770 ft) |
Length | 29 km (18 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Cox River → Poulter River East Branch → Poulter River → Waimakariri River → Pegasus Bay → Pacific Ocean |
Tributaries | |
• left | Ellis Stream, Cochran Stream |
• right | Montgomery Stream, Row Stream, Beckett Stream |
Cox River is a
Canterbury region of New Zealand. It arises in the Crawford Range of the Southern Alps and flows generally southward through the Arthur's Pass National Park to join the Poulter River.[1] The river was named for J. W. M. Cox, a landholder in the 1860s at the junction of Cox River and Bull Creek.[2]
Geomorphology
Prior to glaciation the Cox River flowed through the Pūkio Stream valley, discharging into the Esk River, a lower tributary of the Waimakariri River. This route was later blocked by a series of terminal moraines deposited by the Cox glacier during the Pleistocene period. The river then created a new outlet through to the main Poulter valley via a rocky gorge, known as McArthur Gorge, which now contains the East Branch of the Poulter.[3]
See also
References
- ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
- ^ Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. p. 372.
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