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- Kawarau_River abstract "The Kawarau River drains Lake Wakatipu, in northwestern Otago, New Zealand. The river flows generally eastwards for about 60 km and passes through the steep Kawarau Gorge until it joins Lake Dunstan near Cromwell. The Shotover River enters it from the north; the Nevis River enters it from the south. Containing many rapids and strong currents, the river can be dangerous and has claimed many lives.The Roaring Meg Hydro Scheme discharges into the Kawarau, and at times the lower station has been flooded by the river. A few hundred metres west of the station is a natural bridge where the river narrows to 1.2m wide, which was used as a crossing place by early goldminers. The goldminers were crossing from the Dunedin side on the current Mt Difficulty Station to the northern side on Waitiri Station to get access to the Arrow Goldfields.In the 19th century, gold was extracted from the river. Some of the miners' huts remain today, many of them close to thriving vineyards. In 1924 a company was formed to drain the river by blocking off Lake Wakatipu, with the intent of then collecting gold from the river bed. Ten massive gates were completed in 1927 and although the river level dropped it was not laid bare as planned. The gates now form part of State Highway 6. The Goldfields Mining Centre located in the gorge operates demonstration centre with a working exhibition of gold mining techniques.Tourist adventure activities on the river include riverboarding, jet boating, white water rafting, river surfing, and bungy jumping. The Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge, 43m above the river, and a Category I historic place, is the site of the world's first commercial bungy jumping operation. Eastburn Station gave up the 300 acres (1.2 km2) plus that forms the natural backdrop as a reserve. The river is also the largest volume commercially rafted in New Zealand, having an average flow of 216 m3/s at Chards Road measuring station. The four significant commercially used rapids on the river are Smiths Falls, Twin Bridges, Do Little Do Nothing and the 400m Chinese Dog Leg. Below these are the dangerous Nevis Bluff, Citroen and Roaring Meg sections. Because of the danger Waitiri Station usually declines access.The river was also featured as a setting for the Argonath in the 2001 motion picture, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.On 25 September 2008, a Chinese tourist died in a jet boat accident at the confluence with the Shotover. The Kawarau Jet boat flipped after hitting a sandbar, leaving one passenger trapped underneath, and putting the remaining 21 and driver into the river.".
- Kawarau_River length "60000.0".
- Kawarau_River origin Lake_Wakatipu.
- Kawarau_River riverMouth Lake_Dunstan.
- Kawarau_River sourceCountry New_Zealand.
- Kawarau_River thumbnail Kawarau_River_with_Roaring_Meg.jpg?width=300.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageExternalLink Category:Kawarau_River.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageExternalLink goldfields-mining-Centre.aspx.
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- Kawarau_River wikiPageLength "6573".
- Kawarau_River wikiPageOutDegree "35".
- Kawarau_River wikiPageRevisionID "641192938".
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Argonath.
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- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Category:Otago_Gold_Rush.
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- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Cromwell,_New_Zealand.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Cubic_metre_per_second.
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- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Gold.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Kawarau_Falls_Bridge.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Kawarau_Gorge.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Kawarau_Gorge_Suspension_Bridge.
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- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Kawerau.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Lake_Dunstan.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Lake_Wakatipu.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink List_of_minor_places_in_Middle-earth.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink List_of_rivers_of_New_Zealand.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Māori_language.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Nevis_River.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink New_Zealand.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Otago.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink River_surfing.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Riverboarding.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Roaring_Meg_(Hydro_Scheme).
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- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink Shotover_River.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring.
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- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLink File:Kawarau_River_bungy.JPG.
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLinkText "Kawarau Gorge".
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLinkText "Kawarau River".
- Kawarau_River wikiPageWikiLinkText "Kawarau".
- Kawarau_River basinCountries New_Zealand.
- Kawarau_River caption "Kawarau River with Roaring Meg hydro station".
- Kawarau_River hasPhotoCollection Kawarau_River.
- Kawarau_River imageName "Kawarau River with Roaring Meg.jpg".
- Kawarau_River length "60.0".
- Kawarau_River mouth Lake_Dunstan.
- Kawarau_River origin Lake_Wakatipu.
- Kawarau_River riverName "Kawarau River".
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- Kawarau_River subject Category:Otago_Gold_Rush.
- Kawarau_River subject Category:Queenstown-Lakes_District.
- Kawarau_River subject Category:Rivers_of_Otago.
- Kawarau_River point "-45.05 169.2".
- Kawarau_River type BodyOfWater.
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- Kawarau_River type Place.
- Kawarau_River type River.
- Kawarau_River type Stream.
- Kawarau_River type District.
- Kawarau_River type Location.
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- Kawarau_River type Q4022.
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- Kawarau_River comment "The Kawarau River drains Lake Wakatipu, in northwestern Otago, New Zealand. The river flows generally eastwards for about 60 km and passes through the steep Kawarau Gorge until it joins Lake Dunstan near Cromwell. The Shotover River enters it from the north; the Nevis River enters it from the south.".
- Kawarau_River label "Kawarau River".
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- Kawarau_River lat "-45.05".
- Kawarau_River long "169.2".
- Kawarau_River wasDerivedFrom Kawarau_River?oldid=641192938.
- Kawarau_River depiction Kawarau_River_with_Roaring_Meg.jpg.
- Kawarau_River isPrimaryTopicOf Kawarau_River.
- Kawarau_River name "Kawarau River".