Godley River

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The Godley River is a braided alpine river in New Zealand’s South Island that drains glaciers in the Southern Alps and flows south through the Mackenzie Basin.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Godley River canonical 3

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinCountry New Zealand
continent Oceania
country New Zealand
drains glaciers of the Southern Alps
feeds Lake Tekapo
flowsDirection south
flowsInto Lake Tekapo
flowsThrough Mackenzie Basin
hasAccessibility 4WD tracks in Godley Valley
hasCatchment upper Mackenzie Basin
linked to: Mackenzie Basin
hasChannelPattern multiple interweaving channels
hasClimate alpine climate
hasFloodplain gravel floodplain
hasHydrologicalCharacteristic glacially fed
snowmelt fed
hasLandform braided riverbed
hasMouthElevation approximately 710 metres
hasNearbyFeature Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana
linked to: New Zealand Alps
hasNearbyProtectedArea Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park (regionally nearby)
Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park
hasRecreation fishing
mountain biking
tramping
hasSedimentSource glacial erosion
hasValley Godley Valley
isMajorInflowOf Lake Tekapo
isNorthOf Lake Tekapo township
linked to: Lake Tekapo

Tekapo River
locatedIn Canterbury Region
South Island
central South Island
mouth Lake Tekapo
partOf Waitaki River system
region Mackenzie Country
linked to: Mackenzie District
sourceElevation alpine zone
sourceRegion Southern Alps
watercourseType braided

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Referenced by (3)

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

Lake Tekapo inflow Godley River
Godley Glacier drainsInto Godley River
Godley Glacier namedAfter Godley River