Hooker River

Hooker River

Hooker River in front of Aoraki / Mount Cook
Country New Zealand
Basin
Main source Hooker Glacier
877 m (2,877 ft)
43°41′18″S 170°06′00″E / 43.688400°S 170.100000°E / -43.688400; 170.100000 (Primary source of Hooker River)
River mouth Tasman River
655 m (2,149 ft)
43°45′08″S 170°09′10″E / 43.7522°S 170.1528°E / -43.7522; 170.1528 (Mouth of Hooker River)Coordinates: 43°45′08″S 170°09′10″E / 43.7522°S 170.1528°E / -43.7522; 170.1528 (Mouth of Hooker River)
Physical characteristics
Length 10 km (6.2 mi)[1]

The Hooker River is a river in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. It flows south from Hooker Lake, the glacier lake of Hooker Glacier, which lies on the southern slopes of Aoraki/Mount Cook. After 3 kilometers, it flows through Mueller Glacier Lake, gathering more glacial water, before joining the braided streams of the Tasman River, also an outflow of a glacier lake.

The Hooker River drains both the Hooker and Mueller Glaciers and is the principal ablation outlet for these ice masses. Its water is a milky bluish light grey due to the suspended glacial rock flour in the water. Hooker River along transports 20,000 m3 (710,000 cu ft) of sediment per year.[2]

The entire run of Hooker River is within the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park and easily accessible, as it flows through the flat Hooker Valley, the main tourism area of the park. The river is bridged three times by the pedestrian suspension bridges along the Hooker Valley Track, the most popular walking track in the area. A further track leads further downstream along the river to Tasman Valley Road, which crosses Hooker River on a small one lane road bridge.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hooker River, Canterbury - NZ Topo Map". NZ Topo Map. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  2. ↑ "Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Education Resource 2010" (PDF). Department of Conservation. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
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