Godley River

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Godley River
Godley River, aerial view looking north from Lake Tekapo. In the center of the picture the 2311 m high Mount Erebus of the Sibbald Range.

Godley River , aerial view looking north from Lake Tekapo . In the center of the picture the 2311  m high Mount Erebus of the Sibbald Range .

Data
location Mackenzie District , Canterbury Region, New Zealand
River system Waitaki River
Drain over Lake Tekapo  → Tekapo River  → Waitaki River  → Pacific Ocean
Source height 1090  m
muzzle Lake Tekapo Coordinates: 43 ° 47 ′ 20 ″  S , 170 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  E 43 ° 47 ′ 20 ″  S , 170 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  E
Mouth height 710  m
Height difference 380 m
Bottom slope 10 ‰
length 37 km
Left tributaries Macaulay River

The Godley River is a mountain river in the New Zealand Alps . It belongs to the Canterbury region on the South Island of New Zealand .

geography

The Godley River has its origin in the glacial lake of Godley Glacier , between the southwest flank of the Alps and the Sibbald Range in the east. Initially designed as a single stream, it flows into the shared glacial lake of the Gray Glacier and Maud Glacier , then after the inflow from the glacial lake of the Classen Glacier , it increasingly branches downstream and after a total of 37 km in a widely branched, two-kilometer-wide delta to flow the Lake Tekapo .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c The coordinates and length of the Tekapo Canal were determined by Google Earth .
  2. ^ Lake Tekapo area . Department of Conservation , accessed February 19, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Topo250 maps - East Coast - Timaru . Land Information New Zealand , accessed February 19, 2017 .