Lake Kimihia

Lake Kimihia
Lake Kimihia from Waikato Expressway in 2021
Lake Kimihia
Location	North Island
Coordinates	37°31′30″S 175°11′30″E
Type	riverine lake
Catchment area	1,485 ha (3,670 acres)
Basin countries	New Zealand
Max. length	1.1 km (0.68 mi)
Max. width	0.4 km (0.25 mi)
Surface area	0.55 km^2 (140 acres)
Average depth	3.3 m (11 ft)

Lake Kimihia is located approximately 5 km to the Northeast of Huntly, in the Waikato Region of New Zealand. Lake Kimihia is a riverine lake, which links to the Waikato River.[1]

1941–2018 Kimihia

Lake Kimihia was significantly modified as a result of open cast coal mining, around the early 1940s.[2] A cofferdam was built to allow mining over most of the bed, by reducing the lake from its previous 318 ha (790 acres).[3] In the 1960s there were two lakes,[4] but the westerly one has been replaced by a wetland.[5]

The lake is situated within predominantly pastoral land. An area at the southern end of the lake is being developed into a wetland,[6] as the Huntly bypass of the Waikato Expressway is built across part of the former lakebed.[7]

References

1. "Riverine Lakes". Waikato Regional Council.
2. "Waikato region shallow lakes management plan: Volume 2". Waikato Regional Council. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
3. "Kimihia Mine, Huntly, Waikato District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
4. "Sheet 56 One inch to One mile map". www.mapspast.org.nz. 1 January 1965. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
5. "Sheet 56 1989 One inch to One mile map". www.mapspast.org.nz. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
6. Lines-MacKenzie, J., "NZ Transport Agency developing Huntly wetland," stuff.co.nz 25 February 2018. retrieved 26 December 2018.
7. "Lake Kimihia – Building four lanes over a reclaimed lake" (PDF).

External links

• Waikato River lower lakes, Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand