Lake Ohau

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Lake Ohau
Lake Ohau.jpg
Lake Ohau
Geographical location Mackenzie Basin , Waitaki District , Canterbury Region , South Island , New Zealand
Tributaries Hopkins River , Dobson River
Drain Ohau River
Location close to the shore Twizel
Data
Coordinates 44 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  S , 169 ° 51 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 44 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  S , 169 ° 51 ′ 0 ″  E
Lake Ohau (New Zealand)
Lake Ohau
Altitude above sea level 520  m
surface 54 km²
Maximum depth 129 m
Middle deep 74 m
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The Lake Ohau is a glacial lake in the Mackenzie Basin of the Waitaki District on the South Island of New Zealand . It is fed by the Hopkins and Dobson Rivers , which have their upper reaches in the New Zealand Alps . The outflow is the Ohau River , which in turn flows into the Waitaki River .

Ohau is the smallest of three lakes in the Mackenzie Basin that run almost parallel in a north-south direction. The other two are Lake Pukaki and Lake Tekapo .

The lake has a catchment area of ​​1198 km² and an area of ​​54 km². The depth of the lake averages 74 m and a maximum of 129 m. Its volume is 4.02 km³. It lies at an altitude of 520 m.

The Ohau ski area is located near the south-west coast of the lake.

The lake is part of the border between the Otago and Canterbury regions , but is in the Otagos region . Otago's northernmost point is on the upper reaches of the Hopkins River.

Power plant Ohau A

In the 1970s, the Ohau A power plant was built, which is supplied with water from Lake Ohau via a canal.

Web links

Commons : Lake Ohau  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ J. Irwin: Bottom sediments of Lake Tekapo compared with adjacent Lakes Pukaki and Ohau, South Island, New Zealand . In: Royal Society of New Zealand (Ed.): New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research . Volume 12, Issue 3, 1978, ISSN  0028-8330 , pp. 245–250 , doi : 10.1080 / 00288330.1978.9515749 (English, online PDF [accessed on January 13, 2016]).