Water in New Zealand and are of varying types and origins. Many of the lakes in the central North Island area are volcanic crater lakes, while the majority of the lakes near the Southern Alps were carved by glaciers. Hydroelectric reservoirs are common in South Canterbury, Central Otago and along the Waikato River. Over 180,000 kilometres of rivers has been mapped in New Zealand, the longest being the Waikato River with a length of 425 kilometres and the largest river by volume is the Clutha River with a mean discharge of 533 cubic metres per second. New Zealand has many notable waterfalls, some of
Arthur River (New Zealand) with further releases in 2010 and 2011. Photos - Lake Ada hut and track 1900, river rapids 1905, Lake Ada 1905, landing stage 1906, submerged forest 1921 Arthur River (New Zealand) The Arthur River is a river in Fiordland, New Zealand. It flows into Milford Sound and the final section of the Milford Track follows the river. It flows through Lake Ada, where it is joined by Joes River, and is about long. Lake Ada was dammed by a landslide about 900 years ago. Pāteke lived on the river until the mid 1990s, when stoats spread to the valley. Stoat