Sinclair River
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The Sinclair River is a river of the Canterbury Region of New Zealand
's South Island
. It flows south from the Jollie Range and is one of the headwaters of the Clyde River
, part of the upper Rangitata River
system.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
's South Island
South Island
The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean...
. It flows south from the Jollie Range and is one of the headwaters of the Clyde River
Clyde River, New Zealand
The Clyde River, New Zealand is a river of New Zealand, one of Canterbury's braided rivers. It is formed from the confluence of the Frances River and McCoy Stream, flowing southwest to join with the Havelock River and Lawrence River to form the Rangitata River....
, part of the upper Rangitata River
Rangitata River
The Rangitata River is one of the braided rivers that helped form the Canterbury Plains in southern New Zealand. It flows southeast for 120 kilometres from the Southern Alps, entering the Pacific Ocean 30 kilometres northeast of Timaru...
system.