Rees River

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The Rees River is a glacially fed river in Otago, New Zealand, flowing through the Rees Valley near Glenorchy and renowned for its scenic alpine landscapes and tramping routes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rees River canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
drainageBasin Lake Wakatipu catchment ⓘ
environment alpine ⓘ
glacial valley ⓘ
eponym William Gilbert Rees ⓘ
flowsDirection generally southward ⓘ
flowsNear Glenorchy ⓘ
flowsThrough Rees Valley ⓘ
hasAccessRoute Rees Valley Road ⓘ
hasAdjacentFeature Rees Valley Station ⓘ
pastoral farmland ⓘ
hasFeature braided river sections ⓘ
gravel riverbed ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Queenstown (regional centre) ⓘ
linked to: Queenstown
hasNearbySettlement Glenorchy ⓘ
hasRecreationRoute Rees–Dart Track ⓘ
hasTributary Lennox Creek ⓘ
Twenty Five Mile Creek ⓘ
hydrologicalSystemRole tributary of Lake Wakatipu ⓘ
knownFor Rees–Dart Track ⓘ
backcountry hiking ⓘ
scenic alpine landscapes ⓘ
tramping routes ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedIn Otago ⓘ
linked to: Otago Region

South Island ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Mount Aspiring National Park (upper catchment vicinity) ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Te Waipounamu (South Island) ⓘ
linked to: Te Waipounamu
mouthLocatedIn Lake Wakatipu ⓘ
mouthNear Glenorchy ⓘ
namedAfter William Gilbert Rees ⓘ
near Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu ⓘ
parallelTo Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu ⓘ
partOf Clutha River / Mata-Au system ⓘ
region Queenstown-Lakes District ⓘ
sourceRegion Richardson Mountains ⓘ
Southern Alps ⓘ
sourceType glacial ⓘ
tourismImportance high for hiking and scenery ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
valleyName Rees Valley ⓘ
waterSource glacial meltwater ⓘ
snowmelt ⓘ
waterType cold ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Wakatipu → inflow → Rees River ⓘ
Rees Valley → namedAfter → Rees River ⓘ
Rees Valley → drainedBy → Rees River ⓘ
Rees–Dart Track → followsValley → Rees River ⓘ
Wakatipu → hasInflow → Rees River ⓘ