Lake Roxburgh

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Lake Roxburgh
Lake Roxburgh -
Location Central Otago District, Otago Region, South Island
Coordinates 45°28′16″S 169°19′41″E / -45.471, 169.328Coordinates: 45°28′16″S 169°19′41″E / -45.471, 169.328
Lake type artificial lake
Primary inflows Clutha River
Primary outflows Clutha River
Basin countries New Zealand
Surface area 6 km²

Lake Roxburgh is an artificial lake, created by the Roxburgh Dam, the earliest of the large hydroelectric projects in the southern South Island of New Zealand. It lies on the Clutha River, some 160 kilometres from Dunedin. It covers an area of some 6 km², and extends for nearly 30 kilometres towards the town of Alexandra. The town of Roxburgh lies five kilometres south of the Dam.

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Clutha River
Source: Southern Alps — Flows into: Pacific Ocean
Administrative areas
Towns and settlements (upstream to downstream)
Wanaka · Albert Town · Luggate · Lowburn · Cromwell · Clyde · Alexandra · Roxburgh Hydro · Roxburgh · Teviot · Ettrick · Millers Flat · Beaumont · Tuapeka Mouth · Clydevale · Balclutha · Kaitangata
Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)
Makarora River · Matukituki River · Cardrona River · Hawea River · Lindis River · Kawarau River · Manuherikia River · Teviot River · Tuapeka River · Pomahaka River · Waitahuna River
Lakes in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary)
Islands in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary)
Harwich Island · Pigeon Island · Pig Island · Inch Clutha
Other features (upstream to downstream)
Old Cromwell Bridge · Cromwell Gorge · Clyde Dam · Roxburgh Dam · Kelso · Balclutha Road Bridge
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


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