Lake Monowai
45°52′S 167°27′E / 45.867°S 167.450°E / -45.867; 167.450
Lake Monowai (officially Monowai Lake; Māori: Manokīwai) is a large lake (31 square kilometres or 12 square miles) in the southern part of Fiordland National Park, in New Zealand's South Island, 120 kilometres northwest of Invercargill.[1] At an altitude of 196 metres in a long curved valley, the lake appears on maps shaped like a letter "U". The western part of the lake is set in beautiful mountainous country. It is drained in the northeast by the short Monowai River, which enters the Waiau River eight kilometres to the northeast.
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Power station
One of the South Island's oldest hydroelectric stations is powered by the waters of the Monowai. It is located at the junction of the Waiau and Monowai Rivers and was opened in 1925.[2]
As a result of the Save Manapouri campaign, plans to raise the level of the lake to create more hydroelectric power were shelved by the Labour government of Norman Kirk in the 1970s, and an independent body, the Guardians of Lake Manapouri, Monowai, and Te Anau was created to oversee management of the lake levels (more information at Manapouri Power Station).[2]
References
- ^ "Place name detail: Lake Monowai". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ a b Suchanski, Alina (22 August 2016). "Uplifted by a lake". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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- Taumoana (Five Finger Peninsula)
- Te Awaatu Channel (The Gut)
- Te Hapua (Sutherland Sound)
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- Franklin Mountains
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- Mount Edgecumbe
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- Arthur River
- Awarua River
- Big River
- Bowen River
- Camelot River
- Carrick River
- Castle River
- Cavendish River
- Cleddau River
- Clinton River
- Coal River
- Dark River
- Donne River
- Doon River
- Dry Awarua River
- Edith River
- Eglinton River
- Electric River
- Elizabeth River
- Forgotten River
- George River
- Glaisnock River
- Gray River
- Grebe River
- Gulliver River
- Hollyford River
- Irene River
- John o'Groats River
- Juno River
- Kaipo River
- Light River
- Lyvia River
- Mike River
- Misty River
- Monowai River
- Namu River
- Newton River
- Olivine River
- Pandora River
- Pitt River
- Pyke River
- Rea River
- Red Pyke River
- Rooney River
- Seaforth River
- Shag River
- Spey River
- Stillwater River
- Talbot River
- Thurso River
- Transit River
- Tūtoko River
- Waiau River
- Waikōau River
- Wairaurāhiri River
- Waitutu River
- Walker River
- Wapiti River
- Whitewater River
- Wild Natives River
- Wilmot River
- Wilson River
- Windward River
- Wolff River
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- Milford Sound
- Port Craig
- Te Anau