Poulter River

Poulter River
Poulter River
	Route of the Poulter River
	Mouth of the Poulter River Poulter River (South Island)
Location
Country	New Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source	Mount Koeti
• coordinates	42°47′26″S 171°46′29″E / 42.79055°S 171.77485°E
Mouth
• location	Waimakariri River
• coordinates	43°04′21″S 171°54′55″E / 43.07248°S 171.91537°E
Length	44 km (27 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Poulter River → Waimakariri River → Pegasus Bay → Pacific Ocean
Tributaries
• left	Minchin Stream, Thompson Stream, Ranger Stream, Fenwick Stream, Cleland Stream, Poulter River East Branch, Turnbull Stream, Boundary Stream
• right	Chasm Stream, Enchanted Stream, Trudge Stream, Casey Stream, Mount Brown Creek, Pete Stream

CountryNew Zealand

SourceMount Koeti

location

The Poulter River is a river of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.^[1] The Poulter rises on the southern slopes of Mount Koeti in Arthur's Pass National Park, flowing predominantly southwest to reach the Waimakariri River 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Cass.

v t e Arthur's Pass National Park, New Zealand
Mountains	Mount Bealey Blimit Mount Damfool Mount Davie Dome Falling Mountain Mount Foweraker Mount Franklin Mount Gizeh Mount Guinevere Mount Harper Mount Murchison Mount Oates Phipps Peak Mount Rolleston Mount Scott Mount Stewart Mount Williams Mount Wilson
Mountain passes	Arthur's Pass Harper Pass
Ski fields	Temple Basin
Rivers	Anti Crow River Bealey River Cox River Crow River Deception River Edwards River Hawdon River Mingha River Otehake River Ōtira River Poulter River Rolleston River Taipoiti River Taramakau River Waimakariri River White River
Settlements and structures	Arthur Dudley Dobson Memorial Arthur's Pass Otira Otira Tunnel
Events	Coast to Coast

v t e Waimakariri River
Source: Mount Rolleston, Southern Alps—Flows into: Pacific Ocean
Administrative areas	Canterbury Region Selwyn District Waimakariri District
Towns and settlements (upstream to downstream)	Bealey Cass Kowai Bush Springfield Sheffield Courtenay McLeans Island Eyreton Belfast Coutts Island Kainga Kaiapoi Brooklands Spencerville Kairaki
Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	White River Crow River Anti Crow River Bealey River Hawdon River Poulter River Esk River Broken River Kowai River Eyre River Kaiapoi River Styx River
Lakes in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary)	Lake Grasmere Lake Sarah Lake Pearson Lake Marymere Lake Hawdon Lake Letitia Lake Rubicon
Other features (upstream to downstream)	Arthur's Pass National Park Waimakariri Gorge Oxford Branch Midland Line Eyrewell Forest
Longest New Zealand rivers	1: Waikato 2: Clutha / Mata-Au 3: Whanganui 4: Taieri 5: Rangitīkei 6: Mataura 7: Waiau 8: Waiau Toa / Clarence 9: Waitaki 10: Ōreti 11: Rangitaiki 12: Manawatū

References

Poulter River
Route of the Poulter River
Mouth of the Poulter River Show map of New Zealand Poulter River (South Island) Show map of South Island
Location
Country	New Zealand
Physical characteristics

Source	Mount Koeti
• coordinates	42°47′26″S 171°46′29″E / 42.79055°S 171.77485°E / -42.79055; 171.77485

Mouth
• location	Waimakariri River
• coordinates	43°04′21″S 171°54′55″E / 43.07248°S 171.91537°E / -43.07248; 171.91537
Length	44 km (27 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Poulter River → Waimakariri River → Pegasus Bay → Pacific Ocean
Tributaries
• left	Minchin Stream, Thompson Stream, Ranger Stream, Fenwick Stream, Cleland Stream, Poulter River East Branch, Turnbull Stream, Boundary Stream
• right	Chasm Stream, Enchanted Stream, Trudge Stream, Casey Stream, Mount Brown Creek, Pete Stream