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Grantham River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Grantham River is a river in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. It arises in the Hanmer Range near Mount Miromiro, in the Hanmer Forest Park, and flows south-east into the Waiau Uwha River, which has its mouth on the Pacific Ocean. A thermal spring on the river is undeveloped. The Grantham River forms part of the Waiau Uwha catchment in North Canterbury. It flows through predominantly natural hill country typical of the region’s braided river systems.

Flows through: New Zealand.

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

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