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.- Stream
- Description: river in New Zealand
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Twizel.
Twizel
Twizel is Mackenzie Country's largest town in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.
Twizel River
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Latitude
-44.27834° or 44° 16′ 42″ south
Longitude
170.13008° or 170° 7′ 48″ east
Open location code
4V7GP4CJ+M2
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Twizel River” goes by many names.
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