Hopkins River (New Zealand)
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The Hopkins River (Template:Langx)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is in the central South Island of New Zealand.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It flows south for Template:Convert from the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana into the northern end of Lake Ōhau in the Mackenzie Country.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Its headwaters, on the southern slopes of Mount Hopkins, form the northernmost point of Otago, and the river's braided valley is part of the border between Otago and Canterbury.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The river's main tributary is the Dobson River.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>