Stour River

For the rivers in England, see River Stour.

Stour River
Basin
River mouth	Ashburton River (South Branch)
Countries	New Zealand
Length	20 km (12 mi)

The Stour River is a river of the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. It rises in two main branches, the East Branch and West Branch, to the southeast of Lake Heron, flowing generally south to meet the south branch of the Ashburton River 15 kilometres (9 mi) west of the settlement of Mount Somers.

References

"Place Name Detail: Stour River". New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 12 July 2009.

Coordinates: 43°39′S 171°16′E / 43.650°S 171.267°E / -43.650; 171.267

Ashburton River / Hakatere

Source: Southern Alps (Arrowsmith Range) (south), Canterbury Foothills (Palmer Range) (north) Flows into: Canterbury Bight

Administrative areas	Canterbury Region Ashburton District

Towns and settlements (upstream to downstream)	Lake Clearwater Mount Somers Ashburton Forks Ashburton Tinwald Huntingdon/Lake Hood Wheatstone Hakatere

Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	Stour River Bowyers Stream

Lakes in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary)	Lake Clearwater Lake Camp Lake Emma Maori Lakes Lake Hood

Other features (upstream to downstream)	Ashburton Gorge

Longest New Zealand rivers	1: Waikato 2: Clutha 3: Whanganui 4: Taieri 5: Rangitikei 6: Mataura 7: Waiau (Southland) 8: Clarence 9: Waitaki 10: Oreti

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Stour River

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