Primary outflows Monowai River Surface area 31 km (12 sq mi) Area 31 km² | Basin countries New Zealand Surface elevation 180 m Outflow location Monowai River | |
 | ||
Fiordland lake monowai
Lake Monowai is a large lake (31 km²) in the southern part of Fiordland National Park, in New Zealand's South Island, 120 kilometres northwest of Invercargill. At an altitude of 180 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.
Contents
- Fiordland lake monowai
- Map of Lake Monowai Fiordland National Park 9691 New Zealand
- Green lake lake monowai
- Power station
- References
Map of Lake Monowai, Fiordland National Park 9691, New Zealand
Green lake lake monowai
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.
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).