Ohau River

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The Ohau River is a river in New Zealand’s South Island that drains Lake Ōhau and contributes to the Waitaki hydroelectric system before joining the Waitaki River.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ohau River canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry New Zealand ⓘ
contributesTo Waitaki hydroelectric system ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
drains Lake Ōhau ⓘ
linked to: Lake Ohau
elevationSourceApprox about 520 metres above sea level (Lake Ōhau) ⓘ
environmentalIssue effects on aquatic habitat ⓘ
flow regulation for power generation ⓘ
flowsDirectionGeneral east ⓘ
southeast ⓘ
flowsInto Lake Benmore (via canal system) ⓘ
linked to: Lake Benmore

Lake Ruataniwha (via canal system) ⓘ
linked to: Lake Ruataniwha
flowsThrough artificial canals ⓘ
governedBy New Zealand freshwater management regulations ⓘ
hasCatchment Southern Alps region ⓘ
linked to: Southern Alps
hasDam Ohau A Power Station ⓘ
Ohau B Power Station ⓘ
Ohau C Power Station ⓘ
hasFeature glacially fed headwaters (via Lake Ōhau) ⓘ
hasInfrastructure Ohau B–C Canal ⓘ
linked to: Ohau Canal

Ohau Canal ⓘ
control gates and weirs ⓘ
hasNearbyLake Lake Benmore ⓘ
Lake Pukaki (within wider scheme) ⓘ
Lake Ruataniwha ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Ōhau (locality) ⓘ
linked to: Lake Ōhau village
hasOfficialName Ōhau River ⓘ
hasRecreation boating (on associated lakes and canals) ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
isTributaryOf Waitaki River ⓘ
languageOfName Māori ⓘ
locatedIn Canterbury region ⓘ
linked to: Canterbury Region

Mackenzie Basin ⓘ
South Island ⓘ
locatedNear Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park ⓘ
Twizel ⓘ
mouth Waitaki River ⓘ
partOf Canterbury water catchment ⓘ
New Zealand hydroelectric network ⓘ
Upper Waitaki Power Scheme ⓘ
Waitaki River system ⓘ
regionHydrology Upper Waitaki hydro scheme ⓘ
source Lake Ōhau ⓘ
linked to: Lake Ohau
usedFor hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation (downstream via Waitaki system) ⓘ
waterManagedBy Meridian Energy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Waitaki River → hasTributary → Ohau River ⓘ
Pukaki River → connectedTo → Ohau River ⓘ