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 located on the South Island in the Otago Region at an altitude of 348 m. It covers 141 km2 and is 392 m deep.
Lake Hāwea is named after a Māori tribe who preceded the Waitaha people in the a ...
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
The Clyde Dam, New Zealand's second-largest hydroelectric dam, is built on the Clutha River / Mata-Au near the town of Clyde. It is owned and operated by Contact Energy.
History
There was considerable controversy when the dam was planned becau ...
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 (New Zealand), Ada River
* Adams River (New Zealand), Adams River
* Ahaura River
* Ahuriri R ...
References
Rivers of Otago
Rivers of New Zealand
Tributaries of the Clutha River
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