Deception River

Deception River
Deception River
	Deception River near Goat Pass
	Lua error in Module:Mapframe at line 703: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Route of Deception River
	Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value.
Location
Country	New Zealand
region	West Coast Region
District	Westland District
Physical characteristics
Source	Aicken Range
• location	Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana
• coordinates	Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
• elevation	1,200 m (3,900 ft)
Mouth	Ōtira River
• location	Aickens
• coordinates	Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
• elevation	285 m (935 ft)
Length	17 km (11 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Deception River → Ōtira River → Taramakau River → Tasman Sea
Tributaries
• left	Dorreen Creek, Shaffrey Creek, Gorge Creek, Foggy Creek, Twin Slip Creeks
• right	Good Luck Creek, Spray Creek, Midday Creek, Tutu Creek, Twin Slip Creeks

The Deception River is a river in New Zealand. It is a tributary of the West Coast's Ōtira River, flowing generally north for 17 kilometres (11 mi) from its source on the slopes of Mount Franklin. It passes close to Goat Pass, which gives access to the Mingha River. Almost the entire length of the river is within the Arthur's Pass National Park.^[1]

The river was once called "Goat Creek". It was surveyed about 1900 as a possible alternative route for the Midland Line, and the surveyor warned that the water levels could be deceiving. About three months later, a flood from the river into the Otira Valley caused several thousand dollars' worth of damage to the railway, and the river was given its current name.^[2]

The Department of Conservation maintains a tramping track alongside the river, and it is part of the annual Coast to Coast race.^[3] Backcountry huts are available for trampers; one near Goat Pass^[4] and another a little further down the river.^[5]

References

^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Land Information New Zealand - Search for Place Names

Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

This article about a river in the West Coast Region of New Zealand is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

[2] Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

[3] Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

[4] Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

[5] Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

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 and lakes	Anti Crow River Bealey River Cox River Crow River Deception River Edwards River Hawdon River Lake Kaurapataka 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 Landforms of Westland District, New Zealand
Alpine passes	Arthur's Pass Browning Pass / Nōti Raureka Copland Pass Haast Pass
Bays	Bruce Bay Jackson Bay
Canyons, gorges and waterfalls	Fantail Falls Gates of Haast Hokitika Gorge Otira Gorge Roaring Billy Falls Thunder Creek Falls
Glaciers	Agassiz Glacier Douglas Glacier Fox Glacier Franz Josef Glacier Garden of Eden Ice Plateau Olivine Ice Plateau Volta Glacier
Headlands	Abut Head Awarua Point Gillespies Point Knights Point
Islands	Bignell Reef Browne Island Open Bay Islands
Lakes and lagoons	Abel Lake Alpine Lake / Ata Puai Lake Ellery Lake Gault Lake Ianthe Lake Kaurapataka Lake Kaniere Lake Mahinapua Lake Mapourika Lake Matheson Lake Moeraki Ōkārito Lagoon Lake Paringa Saltwater Lagoon Lake Wahapo
Mountain ranges	Butler Range Southern Alps
Mountains	Mount Adams Aoraki / Mount Cook Mount Aspiring / Tititea Mount Brewster Mount Dampier Mount Graham Mount Haast Mount Hopkins La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak Mount Rolleston Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Vancouver Mount Whitcombe
River flats	Pleasant Flat
Rivers	Adams River Arahura River Arawhata River Balfour River Barlow River Barn River Bettne River Big Wainihinihi River Burke River Butler River Callery River Cascade River Clarke River Clearwater River Cook River / Weheka Copland River Cropp River Deception River Donald River Douglas River Drake River Duncan River Edison River Fork River Fox River Gorge River Gunn River Haast River Hacket River Hall River Hapuka River Harman River Hinatua River Hokitika River Hope River Jackson River Jerry River Kaniere River Karangarua River Kokatahi River Lambert River Landsborough River Lord River Macfarlane River Mahitahi River Jacobs River Manakaiaua River Maori River Martyr River Mikonui River Moeraki River Morse River Mueller River Mungo River Ngatau River North Barlow River Ohinemaka River Ōhinetamatea River Ōkārito River Okuru River Ōmoeroa River Oneone River Otehake River Ōtira River Ōtoko River Paringa River Perth River Poerua River Rolleston River Rotokino River Ruera River Ship Creek Smoothwater River Smyth River Spoon River Stafford River Strauchon River Styx River Taipo River Taramakau River Te Naihi River Te Rahotaiepa River Toaroha River Tōtara River Totarakaitorea River Troyte River Tuke River Turnbull River Waiatoto River Waiho River Waikūkūpa River Waipara River Waita River Waitaha River Waitangitāhuna River Waitangiroto River Wanganui River Whakaikai River Whakapohai River Whataroa River Whitcombe River Wilkinson River Willberg River Williamson River Wills River

Deception River

See also

References

Navigation menu

Deception River
Deception River near Goat Pass
Lua error in Module:Mapframe at line 703: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Route of Deception River
Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value.
Location
Country	New Zealand
region	West Coast Region
District	Westland District
Physical characteristics

Source	Aicken Range
• location	Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana
• coordinates	Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
• elevation	1,200 m (3,900 ft)

Mouth	Ōtira River
• location	Aickens
• coordinates	Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
• elevation	285 m (935 ft)
Length	17 km (11 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Deception River → Ōtira River → Taramakau River → Tasman Sea
Tributaries
• left	Dorreen Creek, Shaffrey Creek, Gorge Creek, Foggy Creek, Twin Slip Creeks
• right	Good Luck Creek, Spray Creek, Midday Creek, Tutu Creek, Twin Slip Creeks

Deception River

See also

References

Navigation menu

Search