Rees River

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The Rees River is a glacially fed river in Otago, New Zealand, flowing through the Rees Valley near Glenorchy and renowned for its scenic alpine landscapes and tramping routes.

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Rees River canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
country New Zealand
drainageBasin Lake Wakatipu catchment
environment alpine
glacial valley
eponym William Gilbert Rees
flowsDirection generally southward
flowsNear Glenorchy
flowsThrough Rees Valley
hasAccessRoute Rees Valley Road
hasAdjacentFeature Rees Valley Station
pastoral farmland
hasFeature braided river sections
gravel riverbed
hasNearbyCity Queenstown (regional centre)
linked to: Queenstown
hasNearbySettlement Glenorchy
hasRecreationRoute Rees–Dart Track
hasTributary Lennox Creek
Twenty Five Mile Creek
hydrologicalSystemRole tributary of Lake Wakatipu
knownFor Rees–Dart Track
backcountry hiking
scenic alpine landscapes
tramping routes
languageOfName English
locatedIn Otago
linked to: Otago Region

South Island
locatedInProtectedArea Mount Aspiring National Park (upper catchment vicinity)
locatedOnIsland Te Waipounamu (South Island)
linked to: Te Waipounamu
mouthLocatedIn Lake Wakatipu
mouthNear Glenorchy
namedAfter William Gilbert Rees
near Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu
parallelTo Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu
partOf Clutha River / Mata-Au system
region Queenstown-Lakes District
sourceRegion Richardson Mountains
Southern Alps
sourceType glacial
tourismImportance high for hiking and scenery
usedFor fishing
kayaking
recreation
valleyName Rees Valley
waterSource glacial meltwater
snowmelt
waterType cold

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Wakatipu inflow Rees River
Rees Valley namedAfter Rees River
Rees Valley drainedBy Rees River
Rees–Dart Track followsValley Rees River
Wakatipu hasInflow Rees River