The Hāwea River is a river of
New Zealand
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, draining
Lake Hāwea
Lake Hāwea is New Zealand's ninth largest lake.
The lake is in the Otago Region at an altitude of 348 metres. It covers 141 km² and reaches 392 metres deep.
Lake Hāwea is named after a Māori tribe who preceded the Waitaha people in ...
into the
Clutha/Matau-au.
The river's flow is set by the Lake Hawea Control Dam, an earth embankment 30m high and 390m long
[
] that enables water to be released when wanted for the
Clyde Dam further downstream.
See also
*
List of rivers of New Zealand
This is a list of all waterways named as rivers in New Zealand.
A
* Aan River
* Acheron River (Canterbury)
* Acheron River (Marlborough)
* Ada River
* Adams River
* Ahaura River
* Ahuriri River
* Ahuroa River
* Akatarawa River
* Ākitio R ...
References
Rivers of Otago
Rivers of New Zealand
Tributaries of the Clutha River
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