Twizel River
The Twizel River is a river of the Mackenzie Basin, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is part of the Waitaki River system. It was named after Twizel Bridge in Northumberland by John Turnbull Thomson, Chief Surveyor of Otago in the mid-1800s.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Twizel.
Twizel
Twizel River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-44.27834° or 44° 16′ 42″ south
Longitude
170.13008° or 170° 7′ 48″ east
Elevation
451 metres (1,480 feet)
Open location code
4V7GP4CJ+M2
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Twizel River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Twizel River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تويزل”
- French: “Twizel”
- Irish: “Whakatipu”
- Maori: “Whakatipu”
- Welsh: “Afon Twizel”
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Places to explore: Lake Pukaki and Clearburn.
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Highlights: Ruataniwha Dam and Wairepo Bay.
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