Blue River (New Zealand)

Blue River
Blue River gorge at Blue Pools
Location
Country	New Zealand
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Southern Alps

Mouth
• location	Makarora River
• elevation	320 metres (1,050 ft)
Length	18 km (11 mi)

The Blue River is a small river in the South Island of New Zealand. It flows its entire length within the Mount Aspiring National Park, and although on the southeastern side of the main divide, the river is within the boundaries of the West Coast region for its entire length.

The headwaters are southeast of the main range of the Southern Alps near the mountain Eyetooth, with the smaller Blue River North Branch and South Branch joining the main Blue River later. Shortly before flowing into the Makarora River, the river passes through a narrow gorge.

At its confluence with the Makarora River, the aptly named Blue Pools are the destination of a popular^[1] short walk from State Highway 6, with a bridge crossing the Blue River and providing good views upstream into the gorge and downstream over the river flowing into Makarora River.^[2] The longer Blue Valley tramping track leads deep into the Blue River Valley and along most of the length of the river.

References[]

^ "101 Kiwi Must Do's: The Blue Pools of Haast Pass". NZ Automobile Association. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
^ "Blue Pools Track". Department of Conservation NZ. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

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v t Landforms of Westland District, New Zealand
Alpine passes	Arthur's Pass Browning Pass / Nōti Raureka Copland Pass Haast Pass / Tioripatea
Bays	Bruce Bay Jackson Bay / Okahu
Canyons and gorges	Hokitika Gorge Otira Gorge
Glaciers	Agassiz Glacier Douglas Glacier Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe Franz Josef Glacier / Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere Olivine Ice Plateau Volta Glacier
Headlands	Abut Head Awarua Point Knights Point
Islands	Open Bay Islands
Lakes and lagoons	Abel Lake Alpine Lake / Ata Puai Lake Gault Lake Ianthe / Matahi Lake Kaniere Lake Mahinapua Lake Mapourika Lake Matheson Lake Moeraki Ōkārito Lagoon Lake Paringa Saltwater Lagoon Lake Wahapo
Mountain ranges	Butler Range Southern Alps
Mountains	Mount Adams Aoraki / Mount Cook Mount Aspiring / Tititea Mount Dampier Mount Graham Mount Haast Mount Hopkins La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak Mount Rolleston Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Vancouver Mount Whitcombe
Rivers	Adams River Arahura River Arawhata River Balfour River Barlow River Barn River Barrier River Bettne River Big Wainihinihi Creek Blue River Burke River Butler River Callery River Cascade River Clarke River Clearwater River Cook River / Weheka Copland River Cropp River Deception River Donald River Douglas River Drake River Duncan River Edison River Fork River Fox River Gorge River Gunn River Haast River Hacket River Hall River Hapuka River Harman River Hinatua River Hokitika River Hope River Jackson River Jerry River Kaniere River Karangarua River Kokatahi River Lambert River Landsborough River Lord River Macfarlane River Mahitahi River Makawhio River (Jacobs River) Manakaiaua River Maori River Martyr River Mikonui River Moeraki River Morse River Mueller River Mungo River Ngatau River North Barlow River Ohinemaka River Ohinetamatea River Ōkārito River Okuru River Omoeroa River Oneone River Otehake River Ōtira River Ōtoko River Paringa River Perth River Poerua River Rolleston River Rotokino River Ruera River Smoothwater River Smyth River Stafford River Strauchon River Styx River Taipo River Taramakau River Te Rahotaiepa River Toaroha River Tōtara River Totarakaitorea River Troyte River Tuke River Turnbull River Waiho River Waikukupa River Waipara River Waita River Waitaha River Waitangitāhuna River Waitangiroto River Wanganui River Whakaikai River Whakapohai River Whataroa River Whitcombe River Wilkinson River Willberg River Williamson River Wills River

Coordinates: 44°09′36″S 169°15′52″E / 44.16000°S 169.26444°E / -44.16000; 169.26444

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