Swift River, New Zealand
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The Swift River is a river of the Canterbury Region of New Zealand
's South Island
. It flows south through a valley between the Black Hill and Mount Hutt Ranges to reach the north branch of the Ashburton River 25 kilometres northwest of Methven
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New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
's South Island
South Island
The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean...
. It flows south through a valley between the Black Hill and Mount Hutt Ranges to reach the north branch of the Ashburton River 25 kilometres northwest of Methven
Methven, New Zealand
Methven is a small town in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located near the western edge of the Canterbury Plains, 35 kilometres north of Ashburton. It was originally the railhead of a short branch railway off the Main South Line...
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