Gray River Explained

Gray River
Pushpin Map:New Zealand#New Zealand South Island
Pushpin Map Size:270px
Pushpin Map Caption:Mouth of the Gray River
Source1:Cameron Mountains
Source1 Coordinates:-46.0782°N 166.838°W
Mouth Location:Revolver Bay
Mouth Elevation:0m (00feet)
Mouth Coordinates:-46.0903°N 166.7347°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:New Zealand
Progression:Gray River → Revolver Bay → Te Awaroa / Long SoundRakituma / Preservation InletTasman Sea

The Gray River is a river in the Fiordland area of New Zealand. It arises in the Cameron Mountains in Fiordland National Park and flows south-west and then north-west into Revolver Bay, on the south side of Rakituma / Preservation Inlet.[1] [2]

The river may have once flowed into Kisbee Bay, south of its current mouth, but it built a broad flat by depositing glacial debris, changing its course to Revolver Bay.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Reed New Zealand Atlas. 2004. 0-7900-0952-8. Peter Dowling . Reed Books. map 104.
  2. Book: The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. 2005. 1-877333-20-4. Roger Smith, GeographX. Robbie Burton. map 240.
  3. Book: Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961. 64. 1935. The Geology of the Region about Preservation and Chalky Inlets, Southern Fiordland, N.Z.. 80.