Tukuk-OS🌊 Lake Poukawa
New Zealand · Oceania · 39.78°S, 176.70°E
Lake Poukawa is a small shallow hardwater lake in the Hawke's Bay Region, North Island, New Zealand. It is located about 20 km south-west of Hastings, New Zealand, close to the settlement of Te Hauke. It is the largest lake lying within a peatland in the active tectonic Poukawa depression, between the Raukawa Range and Kaokaoroa Range of central Hawke's Bay. Its maximal depth is less than one metre and its diameter is ca. 1.5 km. It was deeper in the past but it was artificially drained after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. Lake Poukawa is drained by the Poukawa Stream, which flows north-eastward through the Pekapeka Wetland and eventually into the Clive River.
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Quick facts
| Country | New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Continent / region | Oceania |
| Surface elevation | unknown |
| Coordinates (approx.) | 39.78°S, 176.70°E · view on map |
Lake Poukawa in New Zealand, in Oceania. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).
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