The Routeburn River, also known as the Route Burn, is a river in
New Zealand
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. It is a short stony river that flows for some 15 kilometres
[''Reed New Zealand Atlas'', map 89] into the
Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu in the South Island. The Routeburn River flows alongside a section of the
Routeburn Track. The upper reaches of the river are found in the Routeburn North Branch and leave the Routeburn Track around the Routeburn Flat Hut area.
The river has two main branches of similar length, which meet some 8 kilometres from the Dart. Both of these streams have sources in the
Humboldt Range. One of these streams flows due south from the slopes of the 1960-metre
Nereus Peak; the other flows south then east from
Lake Wilson, a small
tarn, passing through
Lake Harris and over the
Routeburn Falls. Several smaller streams join the river from the south closer to its entry into the Dart River.
Gallery
Forge Flat on the Route Burn.jpg, Forge Flat on the lower Route Burn
Route Burn River near Routeburn Shelter.jpg, The Route Burn seen near Routeburn Shelter
Routeburn Track bridge.jpg, Swing bridge over the Sugar Loaf Stream, a tributary of the Route Burn
The Route Burn (6706372607).jpg, The lower Route Burn
See also
*
List of rivers of New Zealand
This is a list of all waterways named as rivers in New Zealand.
A
* Aan River
* Acheron River (Canterbury)
* Acheron River (Marlborough)
* Ada River (New Zealand), Ada River
* Adams River (New Zealand), Adams River
* Ahaura River
* Ahuriri R ...
References
Rivers of Otago
Rivers of Mount Aspiring National Park
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