Tekapo River
| Tekapo River | ||
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| location | Canterbury Region , South Island (New Zealand) | |
| River system | Waitaki River | |
| Drain over | Waitaki River → Pacific | |
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Lake Tekapo 44 ° 0 ′ 4 " S , 170 ° 28 ′ 53" E |
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| muzzle | in Lake Benmore coordinates: 44 ° 20 ′ 36 ″ S , 170 ° 12 ′ 29 ″ E 44 ° 20 ′ 36 ″ S , 170 ° 12 ′ 29 ″ E
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| Right tributaries | Pukaki River | |
The Tekapo River is a now only temporarily water-bearing river in the Mackenzie Basin in the Canterbury region on the South Island of New Zealand . The river bed runs from the southern end of Lake Tekapo for about 50 km to the southwest, and then joins the Pukaki River just before the northern end of Lake Benmore . At the outflow from Lake Tekapo is the only village on the river, Lake Tekapo .
Today, the river's water is drained after a few kilometers and diverted via a canal into Lake Pukaki , which is part of the hydropower project on the Waitaki River . The lakes are used to store water for the hydropower plants; water only gets into the former river bed when the snowmelt is particularly strong or when the canal or the hydropower plants are being serviced.
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- "New Zealand Travel Atlas", Wise Maps Auckland. ISBN 0-908794-47-9 .