Lake Rotoiti (Bay of Plenty)

Lake Rotoiti
	Lake Rotoiti (2008)
Geographical location	Rotorua Lakes District , Bay of Plenty , North Island
Tributaries	Ohau Channel from Lake Rotorua
Drain	Kaituna River
	Data
Coordinates	38 ° 2 ′ S , 176 ° 26 ′ E Coordinates: 38 ° 2 ′ S , 176 ° 26 ′ E
Altitude above sea level	279 m
surface	34.3 km²
length	15 km
width	3.6 km
Maximum depth	93.5 m
Middle deep	33 m
particularities	Crater lake

Lake Rotoiti is a lake in the Bay of Plenty region in New Zealand . It is the northwesternmost of a chain of lakes in the Okataina Caldera and is located near the north coast of the more famous Lake Rotorua , with which it is connected by the "Ohau Channel". It drains into the Kaituna River , which flows into the Bay of Plenty at Maketu . The Māori name "Te Rotoiti-kite-a-Īhenga" - "The small lake of Īhenga" came about because the explorers Kahumatamomoe and Ihenga, who also discovered Lake Rotorua, allegedly only saw a small part of the lake.

The lake suffers from high levels of nitrogen pollution. In 2008 a barrier was completed to prevent nutrient-rich water from Lake Rotorua from polluting this lake before it drained into the Kaituna River.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e , Lowe, DJ, Green, JD Viner, AB (Eds.): Inland waters of New Zealand . DSIR Science Information Publishing Center, Wellington 1987, ISBN 0-477-06799-9 , pp. 471-474.
^ Ohau Channel Diversion Wall Launched . October 20, 2008. Retrieved December 16, 2008.

[lowe-1] , Lowe, DJ, Green, JD Viner, AB (Eds.): Inland waters of New Zealand . DSIR Science Information Publishing Center, Wellington 1987, ISBN 0-477-06799-9 , pp. 471-474.

[2] Ohau Channel Diversion Wall Launched . October 20, 2008. Retrieved December 16, 2008.