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Dossier #416 · GRanD 6800

Hawea Lake Control

🇳🇿New Zealand · Hawea River · Clutha Basin · near Dunedin

Built 1959 · Lake Control Dam · data quality: Fair

Hydroelectricity
Reservoir outline · simplified

Specifications

Height
32 m
Crest length
400 m
Reservoir capacity
2.2 km³
Reservoir area
148.2 km²
Average depth
14.8 m
Catchment
1,392 km²
Avg discharge
78,890 L/s
Elevation
347 masl
Degree of regulation
88.4 %

Notes

Built 1959

Provenance

Record 416 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: -44.6087, 169.2521.