Lewis River (New Zealand)

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Lewis River
Lewis River, looking north with the Sylvia Flats Hot Pools spilled by a landslide (on the right)

Lewis River , looking north with the Sylvia Flats Hot Pools spilled by a landslide (on the right)

Data
location Hurunui District , Canterbury Region, New Zealand
River system Waiau River
Drain over Boyle River  → Hope River  → Waiau River  → Pacific Ocean
source Lewis Pass
42 ° 22 ′ 39 ″  S , 172 ° 23 ′ 57 ″  E
Source height 875  m
muzzle in the Boyle River coordinates: 42 ° 30 ′ 55 "  S , 172 ° 22 ′ 43"  E 42 ° 30 ′ 55 "  S , 172 ° 22 ′ 43"  E
Mouth height 570  m
Height difference 305 m
Bottom slope around 17 ‰
length around 18 km
Right tributaries Nina River , Sylvia Stream with the Sylvia Falls
Lewis River, looking south

Lewis River , looking south

The Lewis River is an approximately 18 km long river in the Hurunui District , in the north of the Canterbury region on the South Island of New Zealand .

geography

The headwaters of the Lewis River are located at an altitude of 875  m east of the New Zealand State Highway 7 in the area of ​​the Lewis Pass . The river runs largely parallel to the State Highway to the south and flows into the Boyle River after 18 kilometers . The river is accompanied on its east side by the mountain range of the up to 1736  m high Libretto Range and on its west side by the mountain range, which finds its highest point in the 1870  m high Mount Technical .

Flora and fauna

The catchment area of ​​the Lewis River preferably consists of beech forest , which is administered as the Lewis Pass National Reserve by the Department of Conservation . There is limited trout fishing in the lower part of the river. Overall, the river is not particularly suitable for trout because it has too few pools.

Sylvia Flats Hot Pools

1.2 km south of the confluence of the Nina River into the Lewis River and 2.9 km north of the confluence of the Lewis River into the Boyle River were the warm rising springs in the river bed of the Lewis River, which the locals call Sylvia Flats Hot Pools , that were valued by insiders. The springs were spilled in landslides in January 2017 after heavy rains softened a slope on the river.

Panoramic photo

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Lewis Pass and Lewis Pass Scenic Reserve , in the left half of the picture is the headwaters of the Lewis River

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.1.4507 on July 18, 2018
  2. ↑ Topo maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed July 18, 2018 .
  3. ↑ A Fisheries Overview of the Hurunui Waiau Zone - Waiau Catchment - 6th Lewis River . (PDF 5.5 MB) Environment Canterbury Regional Council , p. 11 , archived from the original on February 8, 2016 ; accessed on July 18, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).
  4. ↑ Jack Fletcher : Massive slip destroys popular Sylvia Flats hot pools near Lewis Pass in Canterbury . In: The Press . Firfax Media , January 23, 2017, accessed July 18, 2018 .