Months and months of heavy rain means many of the lakes around Rotorua are reaching levels not seen in 50 years, flooding nearby boat ramps, playgrounds and properties.
Yup, the one that feeds into Tararua, lake Rotomahana, where the pink and white terraces are buried, doesn’t have an outfall. I think an artifical tunnel may have been built, but it doesn’t normally have one.
That’s interesting, so do quite a few of these lakes not really have an outflow anywhere?
I think so, Rotorua is a crater lake that apparently drains to Rotoiti, but Rotoiti doesn’t seem to drain to anywhere.
I guess you could dig canals to connect all these bodies of water, and then connect that out to sea, but it would be a massive job.
Yup, the one that feeds into Tararua, lake Rotomahana, where the pink and white terraces are buried, doesn’t have an outfall. I think an artifical tunnel may have been built, but it doesn’t normally have one.