Tasman River

Tasman River
The Tasman River between the Tasman Glacier and Lake Pukaki
Data
location	Canterbury Region , South Island (New Zealand)
River system	Waitaki River
Drain over	Pukaki River  → Tekapo River  → Waitaki River  → Pacific
origin	Tasman Lake at the end of the Tasman Glacier and Murchison Glacier 43 ° 42 ′ 22 ″  S , 170 ° 10 ′ 19 ″  E
muzzle	in Lake Pukaki coordinates: 43 ° 54 ′ 31 ″  S , 170 ° 9 ′ 41 ″  E 43 ° 54 ′ 31 ″  S , 170 ° 9 ′ 41 ″  E

The Tasman River is an alpine braided rivers in the region Canterbury on the South Island of New Zealand .

The source of the river is in Mount Cook National Park and is the outflow of the Tasman Glacier and the Murchison Glacier . The Hooker Glacier and the Mueller Glacier also drain into the river via a short tributary .

It flows from the Southern Alps about 25 km to the south and then flows into the end of Lake Pukaki . The Tasman River thus forms part of the catchment area of ​​the Waitaki Hydroelectic Scheme hydropower project .