River
Hawea
River
Hawea is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- -44.65°, 169.24°
Cartographic Layers
Granular thematic layer selector
Presets:
••
View Mode
Base Map
7.0
About Hawea
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.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Hāwea River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Hawea: Key Facts
| Mouth | Clutha River / Mata-Au |
|---|
Facts from Wikidata Q1393885 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Hawea: Quick Answers
- Where is Hawea?
- Hawea is located in New Zealand, at 44.6496° S, 169.2442° E.
- Are there dams on the Hawea?
- No dam on the Hawea is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.