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The Swift River is a river of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows south through a valley between the Black Hill and Mount Hutt Ranges to reach the north branch of the Ashburton River / Hakatere 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Methven .
The Swift River (Deg Xinag: Xelinhdi; Dena'ina: Huch'altnu) is a tributary, about 100 miles (160 km) long, of the Kuskokwim River in the U.S. state of Alaska. [3] Formed by meltwater from several glaciers in the Revelation Mountains of the Alaska Range, the river flows generally west and northwest to meet the larger stream 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Sleetmute.
The East Branch Swift River is a 10.2-mile-long (16.4 km) [1] tributary of the Swift River in western Maine. Via the Swift River, it is part of the Androscoggin River watershed, which flows to the Kennebec River and ultimately the Atlantic Ocean .
The Swift River rises in the township of Livermore, New Hampshire, on the eastern side of Kancamagus Pass, and flows east into a broad valley, surrounded by mountains, known as the Albany Intervale. Leaving the intervale, the river enters a narrow gorge, passing over two sets of small waterfalls, and continues east through the town of Albany to ...
The Swift River (Minnesota) is a river of Minnesota. [1] See also. List of rivers of Minnesota; References ...
The Swift River is located only four miles south of the larger and longer Swift River which parallels the Kancamagus Highway in the White Mountain National Forest. The Swift River begins at the confluence of Paugus Brook and the Wonalancet River [2] in the northern part of Tamworth, New Hampshire, south of Mount Chocorua. The river flows ...
The Swift River (Jamaica) is a river of Jamaica. The river had massive floods during the 1930s {1932–1940}, which nearly brought the only major settlement, which shares the same name, to extinction .
Swift water rescue (also called "white water rescue") is a subset of technical rescue dealing in white water river conditions. Due to the added pressure of moving water, swift water rescue involves the use of specially trained personnel, ropes and mechanical advantage systems that are often much more robust than those used in standard rope rescue .