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Arthur River (New Zealand)

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Arthur River (Māori: Te Awa-o-Hine) is a river in Fiordland, New Zealand. It flows into Milford Sound and the final section of the Milford Track follows the river. It flows through Lake Ada, where it is joined by Joes River, and is about 20 km (12 mi) long. Lake Ada was dammed by a landslide about 900 years ago. Pāteke lived on the river until the mid-1990s, when stoats spread to the valley. Stoat control, to protect whio, began in 2003 and was extended to the Joes River valley in 2005. Pāteke were reintroduced from a captive breeding stock in 2009, with further releases in 2010 and 2011.

Flows through: New Zealand.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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