Shotover River

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The Shotover River is a historically significant river in New Zealand’s Otago region, famed for its rich alluvial gold deposits and now popular for adventure tourism such as jet boating and white-water rafting.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Shotover River canonical 5
Shotover 1
Shotover River valley 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
country New Zealand
countrySubdivision Otago
flowsThrough Queenstown-Lakes District
hasActivityRestriction regulated commercial operations
hasBridge Edith Cavell Bridge
hasCulturalSignificance important site in New Zealand gold rush history
hasEconomicActivity historic gold mining
tourism
hasGeomorphologicalFeature deep canyons
steep gradients
hasHazard cold water temperatures
fast-flowing water
narrow gorges
hasHydrologicalCharacteristic seasonal flow variation
snowmelt-fed flow regime
hasNearbyInfrastructure State Highway 6 (nearby in the region)
hasNearbySettlement Arthurs Point
Queenstown
hasNickname one of the richest gold-bearing rivers in the world
hasRecreation canyoning
kayaking
scenic photography
sightseeing tours
swimming (in suitable areas)
hasTouristActivity commercial jet boat operations
commercial rafting trips
historicalPeriod Otago Gold Rush
linked to: Otago goldfields
isTouristDestination domestic visitors
international visitors
knownFor adventure tourism
alluvial gold deposits
gold mining history
jet boating
white-water rafting
length approximately 75 km
locatedIn Otago
linked to: Otago Region

South Island
locatedInProtectedArea partly within conservation land
locatedNear Arthurs Point
Queenstown
mouthLocatedIn Kawarau River
partOf Clutha River / Mata-Au catchment
region Otago region
linked to: Otago Region
sourceLocation Richardson Mountains
Southern Alps
tributaryOf Kawarau River
watercourseType mountain river

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Referenced by (7)

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

Kawarau River hasTributary Shotover River
Skippers Canyon formedBy Shotover River
Skippers Canyon river Shotover River
Skippers Canyon partOf Shotover River valley
linked to: Shotover River
Otago goldfields region Shotover
linked to: Shotover River