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The Avon River is a River located in Christchurch, New Zealand .

It is known by the Māori as Otakaro or Putare Kamutu. It was named Avon by John Deans in 1848 after the River Avon, Falkirk , Scotland . It flows all year round, obtaining water from Artesian sources. It flows into the Pacific Ocean via an Estuary near Sumner .




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