The D'Urville River is in the

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of New Zealand. It lies within the Nelson Lakes National Park and flows north for between the

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and

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ranges into

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. It is one of the smaller rivers in the

Buller River The Buller River ( mi, Kawatiri) is a river in the South Island of New Zealand. One of the country's longest rivers, it flows for from Lake Rotoiti through the Buller Gorge and into the Tasman Sea near the town of Westport. Within the Bulle ...

system. The river was named after the French navigator Jules Dumont d'Urville by Julius von Haast. Brown and rainbow trout can be fished in the D'Urville River. A tramping track runs along the river.

References

Rivers of the Tasman District Rivers of New Zealand {{Tasman-river-stub