The Flaxbourne River is a river in the
Marlborough
Marlborough may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
** Marlborough College, public school
* Marlborough School, Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England
* The Marlborough Science Academy in Hertfordshire, England
Austral ...
region of New Zealand. It arises in the
Inland Kaikoura Range
Inland may refer to:
Places Sweden
* Inland Fräkne Hundred, a hundred of Bohuslän in Sweden
* Inland Northern Hundred, a hundred of Bohuslän in Sweden
* Inland Southern Hundred, a hundred of Bohuslän in Sweden
* Inland Torpe Hundred, a hundred ...
and
Halden Hills
Halden (), between 1665 and 1928 known as Fredrikshald, is both a town and a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The municipality borders Sarpsborg to the northwest, Rakkestad to the north and Aremark to the east, as well as the Swedi ...
and flows east and then south-east into the South Pacific Ocean near
Ward. It is named after the Flaxbourne
sheep station established by Sir
Charles Clifford in 1847. The river is narrow and choked with
willows.
The river provides water for irrigation, and for stock and domestic supply. During summer the demand for water normally exceeds the availability. While the river is never dry, some of its tributaries dry up during most summers. As of 2017, there is an initiative to have Ward renamed as Flaxbourne.
See also
*
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
External links
Land Information New Zealand- Search for Place Names
Rivers of the Marlborough Region
Rivers of New Zealand
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