The Cameron River is a river of

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. It flows southeast from the slopes of

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in the

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, reaching

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just to the north of the outflow from

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. The longer

Ashburton River / Hakatere The Ashburton River / Hakatere is a river in the Canterbury region of New Zealand, flowing across Mid Canterbury from the Southern Alps to the Pacific Ocean. The official name of the river was amended to become a dual name by the Ngāi Tahu Claims ...

flows roughly parallel to the Cameron River, some to the southwest.

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Land Information New Zealand
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