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Cascade River (New Zealand)

Coordinates: 44°01′32″S 169°21′43″E / 44.02555°S 169.36194°E / -44.02555; 169.36194
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Cascade River
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Route of the Cascade River
Cascade River (New Zealand) is located in South Island
Cascade River (New Zealand)
Mouth of the Cascade River
Cascade River (New Zealand) is located in New Zealand
Cascade River (New Zealand)
Cascade River (New Zealand) (New Zealand)
Native nameTahutahi (Māori)
Location
CountryNew Zealand
RegionWest Coast Region
DistrictWestland
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of Limbo Stream and Retreat Creek
 • coordinates44°02′36″S 169°13′09″E / 44.0434°S 169.2193°E / -44.0434; 169.2193
Mouth 
 • location
Haast River
 • coordinates
44°01′32″S 169°21′43″E / 44.02555°S 169.36194°E / -44.02555; 169.36194
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length67 kilometres (42 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionCascade RiverTasman Sea
Tributaries 
 • leftBarrington Creek, Granite Creek, Saddle Creek, Kappa Creek, Delta Creek, Gamma Creek, Beta Creek, Colin Creek, Eel Creek, Barn River
 • rightHolland Creek, Malcolm Creek, Arcade Creek, Captains Creek, Falls Creek, McKay Creek, Woodhen Creek, Martyr River, The Old Man

The Cascade River (Māori: Tahutahi) is a river of the South Island of New Zealand. It flows north for 30 kilometres (19 mi) from its source in Mount Aspiring National Park in the Southern Alps, forming a deep valley between the Olivine Range and Red Hills Range. From the end of this valley it turns west to cross a low-lying swampy floodplain before entering the Tasman Sea close to Cascade Point, a headland halfway between Big Bay and Jackson Bay.

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