The Tasman River is an alpine braided river flowing through Canterbury, in New Zealand's South Island.

Tasman River
Tasman River between Tasman Lake in the foreground, and Lake Pukaki in the distance
Location
Country	New Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Tasman Glacier, Murchison Glacier
• coordinates	43°42′23″S 170°10′18″E
• elevation	715 m (2,346 ft)[1]
Mouth
• location	Lake Pukaki
• coordinates	43°54′18″S 170°10′30″E
• elevation	518 to 532 m (1,699 to 1,745 ft)[2]
Length	25 km (16 mi)[3]

The river's headwaters are in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, where it is the outflow of the proglacial Tasman Lake. It is also fed by the glacial waters of the tributary Murchison River, from Murchison Glacier, and the short Hooker River, an outflow of the proglacial lakes of the Hooker and Mueller glaciers.

The Tasman River flows south for 25 kilometres (16 mi) through the wide flat-bottomed Tasman Valley in the Southern Alps and into the northern end of the glacial Lake Pukaki, this forming part of the ultimate headwaters of the Waitaki hydroelectric scheme.

See also

• List of rivers of New Zealand

References

External links

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