Lake Benmore

Lake Benmore
Looking south
Location	Mackenzie, Waimate, and Waitaki Districts, Canterbury Region, South Island
Coordinates	44°24′54″S 170°13′14″E / 44.41500°S 170.22056°E / -44.41500; 170.22056Coordinates: 44°24′54″S 170°13′14″E / 44.41500°S 170.22056°E / -44.41500; 170.22056
Lake type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Ohau, Pukaki, Tekapo, Ahuriri
Basin countries	New Zealand

Surface area	75 km²
Max. depth	120 m
Surface elevation	361 m

Lake Benmore is a lake located in the South Island of New Zealand. It was artificially created in the 1960s by construction of Benmore Dam. The lake covers an area of approximately 75 km². Parts of it lie in the Mackenzie, Waimate, and Waitaki districts within the southern portion of the Canterbury Region.

The major rivers with which it is fed are the Ohau, Pukaki, Tekapo and Ahuriri Rivers. Immediately downstream is Lake Aviemore. The lake has New Zealand's largest earth dam as part of the Waitaki hydroelectricity power scheme.

After the lake was created the incidence of seismic shocks increased by a factor of three to six times.^[1]

References

↑ Adams, R (1974). "Statistical studies of earthquakes associated with Lake Benmore, New Zealand". Engineering Geology. 8 (1-2): 155–169. doi:10.1016/0013-7952(74)90022-2. ISSN 0013-7952.

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Waitaki River

Source: Southern Alps—Flows into: Pacific Ocean (below listings are upstream → downstream)

Administrative areas	Canterbury Region Otago Region Waitaki District

Towns and settlements	Twizel Otematata Kurow Duntroon Glenavy

Major tributaries (by confluence)	Godley River Tekapo River Tasman River Pukaki River Dobson River Hopkins River Ahuriri River Hakataramea River Maerewhenua River

Lakes in catchment (by location or tributary)	Lake Tekapo Lake Pukaki Lake Ohau Lake Ruataniwha Lake Benmore Lake Aviemore Lake Waitaki

Other features	Tasman Glacier Mackenzie Country Benmore Dam Aviemore Dam

Longest New Zealand rivers	1: Waikato 2: Clutha 3: Whanganui 4: Taieri 5: Rangitikei 6: Mataura 7: Waiau (Southland) 8: Clarence 9: Waitaki 10: Oreti

Towns of the Waitaki District, Canterbury/Otago, New Zealand

Major towns	Hampden Kakanui Kurow Moeraki Oamaru Omarama Palmerston Weston

Minor towns	Dunback Duntroon Herbert Macraes Maheno Ngapara Otematata Pukeuri Reidston Waitaki Bridge

Localities	Airedale All Day Bay Ardgowan Awamoko Billys Flat Black Point Bortons Clearburn Cormacks Corriedale Danseys Pass Earthquakes Elderslie Enfield Five Forks Flag Swamp Fuchsia Creek Georgetown Glenpark Goodwood Green Valley Hillgrove Hilderthorpe Incholme Inch Valley Island Cliff Island Stream Kaika Katiki Kauru Hill Kia Ora Kokoamo Kuriheka Lake Aviemore Lake Benmore Lake Ohau Lake Waitaki Lindis Pass Livingstone Maerewhenua Makareao Maraeweka Marakerake Maruakoa Meadowbank Moonlight Flat Morrisons Nenthorn Otekaieke Otepopo Otiake Papakaio Peebles Pleasant Valley Pukeraro Puketapu Queens Flat Richmond Rosebery Shag Point Shag Valley Stoneburn Strachans Tapui Taranui Te Akatarawa Teschemakers Tokarahi Totara Trotters Gorge Waianakarua Waihemo Waikaura Waimotu Wairunga Waitangi Waynes Wharekuri Whitecraig Whitstone Windsor Windsor Park

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