Cox River
Cox River (New Zealand) is located in New Zealand
Cox River (New Zealand)
Location of the mouth within New Zealand
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationCrawford Range
  elevation1,250 m (4,100 ft)
Mouth 
  location
Poulter River
  elevation
540 m (1,770 ft)
Length29 km (18 mi)

Cox River is a river of the Canterbury region of New Zealand. It arises in the Crawford Range of the Southern Alps and flows generally southward through the Arthur's Pass National Park to join the Poulter River.[1] The river was named for J. W. M. Cox, a landholder in the 1860s at the junction of Cox River and Bull Creek.[2]

Geomorphology

Prior to glaciation the Cox River flowed through the Pūkio Stream valley, discharging into the Esk River, a lower tributary of the Waimakariri River. This route was later blocked by a series of terminal moraines deposited by the Cox glacier during the Pleistocene period. The river then created a new outlet through to the main Poulter valley via a rocky gorge, known as McArthur Gorge, which now contains the East Branch of the Poulter.[3]

See also

References

  1. Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. Map 70. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
  2. Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. p. 372.
  3. Gair, HS (11 April 1962). "Notes on the Geology of the Esk Valley, Canterbury". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. The Royal Society of New Zealand: 531–. doi:10.1080/00288306.1962.10423093.

42°56′31″S 171°54′04″E / 42.94194°S 171.90111°E / -42.94194; 171.90111


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