The second-longest river in New Zealand and the country's largest by volume, flowing from the Southern Alps through Central Otago to the Pacific. Gold discovered along its banks in the 1860s drove one of New Zealand's major gold rushes.
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Clutha River (Wikipedia)
Shaped By: Plate Tectonics, LeadQuote, Shaped By: Plate Tectonics, Lead
A majority of the topographical features of the Clutha River catchment area are a direct result of the late Cenozoic and active tectonic processes that are occurring in southern South Island due to deformation along the nearby plate boundary, defined by the Alpine Fault.
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