Shotover River

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The Shotover River is a historically significant river in New Zealand’s Otago region, famed for its rich alluvial gold deposits and now popular for adventure tourism such as jet boating and white-water rafting.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Shotover River canonical 5
Shotover 1
Shotover River valley 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
countrySubdivision Otago ⓘ
flowsThrough Queenstown-Lakes District ⓘ
hasActivityRestriction regulated commercial operations ⓘ
hasBridge Edith Cavell Bridge ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance important site in New Zealand gold rush history ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity historic gold mining ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasGeomorphologicalFeature deep canyons ⓘ
steep gradients ⓘ
hasHazard cold water temperatures ⓘ
fast-flowing water ⓘ
narrow gorges ⓘ
hasHydrologicalCharacteristic seasonal flow variation ⓘ
snowmelt-fed flow regime ⓘ
hasNearbyInfrastructure State Highway 6 (nearby in the region) ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Arthurs Point ⓘ
Queenstown ⓘ
hasNickname one of the richest gold-bearing rivers in the world ⓘ
hasRecreation canyoning ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
scenic photography ⓘ
sightseeing tours ⓘ
swimming (in suitable areas) ⓘ
hasTouristActivity commercial jet boat operations ⓘ
commercial rafting trips ⓘ
historicalPeriod Otago Gold Rush ⓘ
linked to: Otago goldfields
isTouristDestination domestic visitors ⓘ
international visitors ⓘ
knownFor adventure tourism ⓘ
alluvial gold deposits ⓘ
gold mining history ⓘ
jet boating ⓘ
white-water rafting ⓘ
length approximately 75 km ⓘ
locatedIn Otago ⓘ
linked to: Otago Region

South Island ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea partly within conservation land ⓘ
locatedNear Arthurs Point ⓘ
Queenstown ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Kawarau River ⓘ
partOf Clutha River / Mata-Au catchment ⓘ
region Otago region ⓘ
linked to: Otago Region
sourceLocation Richardson Mountains ⓘ
Southern Alps ⓘ
tributaryOf Kawarau River ⓘ
watercourseType mountain river ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Kawarau River → hasTributary → Shotover River ⓘ
Skippers Canyon → formedBy → Shotover River ⓘ
Skippers Canyon → river → Shotover River ⓘ
Skippers Canyon → partOf → Shotover River valley ⓘ
linked to: Shotover River
Otago goldfields → region → Shotover ⓘ
linked to: Shotover River