Lake Tatawai was a tidal freshwater
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
located immediately north of
Lake Waipori
Lake Waipori is the smaller and shallower of the pair of lakes located in the wetlands to the south west of Dunedin in New Zealand on the Waipori River. The Waipori River is a major tributary of the Taieri River, and these wetlands form the south ...
in
Otago, in New Zealand's
South Island.
[Bray, Sharon. "Under the Eye of the Saddle Hill Taniwha", 1998.]
It is one of the historical lakes that was drained soon after European Settlement of the Taieri Plains. Lake Tatawai drained into Lake Waipori by a small channel, and ultimately into the
Taieri. It was a very shallow lake and would have originally been surrounded by wetlands.
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Lakes of Otago
Former lakes of Oceania
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