Lake Rotokauri is located approximately 7 km to the northwest of
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
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** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
,
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
. It is a peat lake, and is one of the Waipa Peat lakes.
The lake has a maximum depth of four metres and the open water covers approximately 77 hectares.
Lake Rotokauri drains into the
Waipā River
The Waipā River is in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. The headwaters are in the Rangitoto Range east of Te Kuiti. It flows north for , passing through Ōtorohanga and Pirongia, before flowing into the Waikato River at ...
via the Ohote Stream.
The lake catchment area has a mixture of land uses including residential, industrial and pastoral.
Etymology
In
Māori
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* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
, ''rotokauri'' means "
kauri lake".
[ Reed, A.W. (1975). ''Place names of New Zealand''. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 365.]
See also
*
List of lakes of New Zealand
This is a list of lakes in New Zealand.
A lake's location is identified by the Regions of New Zealand, region and either the Territorial authorities of New Zealand, territorial authority or National parks of New Zealand, national park ( ...
References
Lakes of Waikato
Geography of Hamilton, New Zealand
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