Tuapeka River

The Tuapeka River is located in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. It is a tributary of the Clutha River, which it joins at Tuapeka Mouth between Roxburgh and Balclutha.

The Tuapeka's main claim to fame is as the centre of the Central Otago Gold Rush of the 1860s. The first major discovery of gold in Otago was at Gabriel's Gully, close to the Tuapeka, in 1861.

Coordinates: 46°01′S 169°31′E / 46.017°S 169.517°E / -46.017; 169.517

Clutha River

Source: Southern Alps—Flows into: Pacific Ocean

Administrative areas	Otago Region Queenstown–Lakes District Central Otago District Clutha District

Towns and settlements (upstream to downstream)	Wanaka Albert Town Luggate Lowburn Cromwell Clyde Alexandra Roxburgh Hydro Roxburgh Teviot Ettrick Millers Flat Beaumont Tuapeka Mouth Clydevale Balclutha Stirling Kaitangata

Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	Makarora River Matukituki River Hāwea River Cardrona River Lindis River Kawarau River Manuherikia River Teviot River Tuapeka River Pomahaka River Waitahuna River

Lakes in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary)	Lake Wanaka Lake Hāwea Lake Dunstan Lake Wakatipu Lake Roxburgh Lake Tuakitoto

Islands in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary)	Harwich Island Pigeon Island Pig Island Inch Clutha

Other features (upstream to downstream)	Old Cromwell Bridge Cromwell Gorge Clyde Dam Alexandra bridges Roxburgh Dam Kelso Balclutha Road Bridge

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

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