Drake River

River in New Zealand

44°13′2″S 168°53′38″E / 44.21722°S 168.89389°E / -44.21722; 168.89389 • elevation1,900 m (6,200 ft) MouthWaiatoto River

• location

Drake Flats

• coordinates

44°11′0″S 168°46′56″E / 44.18333°S 168.78222°E / -44.18333; 168.78222

• elevation

105 m (344 ft)Length13.7 kilometres (8.5 mi)Basin featuresProgressionDrake River → Waiatoto River → Jackson Bay / OkahuRiver systemWaiatoto River

The Drake River is a river of New Zealand. It is located in southern Westland, and flows entirely within the Mount Aspiring National Park.^[1] The river follows a southerly course for seven kilometres before turning northeast to flow another five kilometres before reaching the Waiatoto River.^[2]

The tributaries of the river were probably surveyed and named by Mueller in 1885.^[3]

There is potential for a 30 MW power-generating plant at the junction of the Drake and Waiatoto Rivers.^[4]

References

^ "Place name detail: Clearwater River". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
^ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. Map 78. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
^ Club, New Zealand Alpine (1951). "New Zealand alpine journal". New Zealand Alpine Journal. 14: 6.
^ "Renewable Energy Assessment" (PDF). West Coast Regional Council. 4 August 2008. p. 65. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2009.

Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand

Mountains

Mount Aspiring / Tititea
Mount Brewster
Mount Earnslaw
Mount Franklin

Mountain ranges

Humboldt Mountains

Glaciers

Dart Glacier
Olivine Ice Plateau
Rob Roy Glacier
Volta Glacier

Gorges and mountain passes

Gates of Haast
Haast Pass

Rivers

Waterfalls

Walking tracks

Other

v t e Landforms of Westland District, New Zealand
Alpine passes	Arthur's Pass Browning Pass / Nōti Raureka Copland Pass Haast Pass
Bays	Bruce Bay Jackson Bay
Canyons, gorges and waterfalls	Fantail Falls Gates of Haast Hokitika Gorge Otira Gorge Roaring Billy Falls Thunder Creek Falls
Glaciers	Agassiz Glacier Douglas Glacier Fox Glacier Franz Josef Glacier Garden of Eden Ice Plateau Olivine Ice Plateau Volta Glacier
Headlands	Abut Head Awarua Point Gillespies Point Knights Point
Islands	Open Bay Islands
Lakes and lagoons	Abel Lake Alpine Lake / Ata Puai Lake Ellery Lake Gault Lake Ianthe Lake Kaniere Lake Mahinapua Lake Mapourika Lake Matheson Lake Moeraki Ōkārito Lagoon Lake Paringa Saltwater Lagoon Lake Wahapo
Mountain ranges	Butler Range Southern Alps
Mountains	Mount Adams Aoraki / Mount Cook Mount Aspiring / Tititea Mount Brewster Mount Dampier Mount Graham Mount Haast Mount Hopkins La Perouse Lendenfeld Peak Mount Rolleston Mount Sefton Silberhorn Mount Tasman Mount Vancouver Mount Whitcombe
River flats	Pleasant Flat
Rivers	Adams River Arahura River Arawhata River Balfour River Barlow River Barn River Bettne River Big Wainihinihi River Burke River Butler River Callery River Cascade River Clarke River Clearwater River Cook River / Weheka Copland River Cropp River Deception River Donald River Douglas River Drake River Duncan River Edison River Fork River Fox River Gorge River Gunn River Haast River Hacket River Hall River Hapuka River Harman River Hinatua River Hokitika River Hope River Jackson River Jerry River Kaniere River Karangarua River Kokatahi River Lambert River Landsborough River Lord River Macfarlane River Mahitahi River Jacobs River Manakaiaua River Maori River Martyr River Mikonui River Moeraki River Morse River Mueller River Mungo River Ngatau River North Barlow River Ohinemaka River Ōhinetamatea River Ōkārito River Okuru River Ōmoeroa River Oneone River Otehake River Ōtira River Ōtoko River Paringa River Perth River Poerua River Rolleston River Rotokino River Ruera River Ship Creek Smoothwater River Smyth River Spoon River Stafford River Strauchon River Styx River Taipo River Taramakau River Te Naihi River Te Rahotaiepa River Toaroha River Tōtara River Totarakaitorea River Troyte River Tuke River Turnbull River Waiatoto River Waiho River Waikūkūpa River Waipara River Waita River Waitaha River Waitangitāhuna River Waitangiroto River Wanganui River Whakaikai River Whakapohai River Whataroa River Whitcombe River Wilkinson River Willberg River Williamson River Wills River