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Acheron River
Route of the Acheron River
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Native name	Kairaumati (Māori)
Location
Country	New Zealand
region	Canterbury Region
District	Selwyn District
Physical characteristics
Source	Lake Lyndon
• coordinates	43°18′48″S 171°41′23″E / 43.31333°S 171.68972°E / -43.31333; 171.68972
• elevation	830 m (2,720 ft)
Mouth	Rakaia River
• coordinates	43°23′58″S 171°34′20″E / 43.39944°S 171.57222°E / -43.39944; 171.57222
• elevation	330 m (1,080 ft)
Length	19.8 kilometres (12.3 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Lake Lyndon → Acheron River → Rakaia River
River system	Rakaia River

The Acheron River is a river in Canterbury, New Zealand, that flows from Lake Lyndon south into the Rakaia River.

Small deposits of coal are found near the river. In the 1870s, a proposal existed to extend the Whitecliffs Branch, a branch line railway, through the Rakaia Gorge to the Acheron River to access these coal deposits. An1880 Royal Commission on New Zealand's railway network was in favour of this extension, but it never came to fruition.

See also

• List of rivers of New Zealand
• Acheron River (Marlborough)
• Acheron (river in Greece)

References

1. "Place name detail: Acheron River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
2. David Leitch and Bob Scott, Exploring New Zealand's Ghost Railways, rev. ed. (Wellington: Grantham House, 1998), pg. 71.

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