Hāwea River
The Hāwea River is a river of New Zealand, draining Lake Hāwea into the Clutha/Matau-au. The river's flow is set by the Lake Hawea Control Dam, an earth embankment 30m high and 390m long that enables water to be released when wanted for the Clyde Dam further downstream.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Hawea River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Maude.
Mount Maude
Peak
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Maude is a peak, which is situated 3 km northwest of Hāwea River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lake Hāwea and Hāwea Flat.
Lake Hāwea
Town
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lake Hāwea is a small settlement at the southern end of a lake, also named Lake Hāwea, in New Zealand's South Island. It is 18 kilometres to the northeast of Wānaka.
Hāwea Flat
Hamlet
Hāwea Flat is a rural settlement in the Queenstown-Lakes District of the South Island of New Zealand. Lake Hāwea is 5 km north. The area was named for Hāwea-i-te-raki, an ancestor of the Ngāti Hāwea hapū. Hāwea Flat is situated 5 km southeast of Hāwea River.
Albert Town
Suburb
Albert Town is located to the east of Wānaka in Otago, New Zealand. Until recently only a farming settlement, the population boom in this area has led to much new development. Albert Town is situated 9 km southwest of Hāwea River.
Hāwea River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Hāwea River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Hāwea”
- Cebuano: “Hawea River”
- Cebuano: “Hāwea River”
- Dutch: “Hawea River”
- French: “Hawea River”
- French: “Hawea”
- German: “Hāwea River”
- Hausa: “Hawa River”
- Hausa: “Kogin Hāwea”
- Welsh: “Afon Hawea”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Camp Hill and Hawea Domain.
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