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unusual facts about Ashburton River



Ashburton, New Zealand

The Ashburton, Rakaia, and Rangitata Rivers offer good fishing, the Rakaia in particular is renowned worldwide for its salmon fishing.

Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton

The Ashburton River in New Zealand and the town of the same name located on the river were named by the chief surveyor of the Canterbury Association, Joseph Thomas, after Lord Ashburton.

Canterbury Bight

The cliffs are the result of erosion of the Rangitata River, Ashburton River and Rakaia River alluvial fans whose mouths are all encompassed by this region (Single, 2006).

Kanyara languages

They are spoken in the region between the mouths of the Gascoyne River and the Ashburton River, along the coast and extending inland.


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