Lake Rotoiti (Bay of Plenty)
Lake Rotoiti | ||
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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 | |
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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
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.