Information as 4o the respective lengths of the Clutha (Molyneaux) and Waikato Rivers and also as to which discharges the greater volume of water in« to the sea was sought by a correspdn* dent of the,'' Post. '' The approximatelength of the Clutha River is-150 miles, but if Lake Wanaka (30 miles) is in ■< eluded, it is 200 miles long. The-Wax*- 5 kato River is longer than the having a course of 255 miles, which in.* eludes Lake Taupo (20 miles), but £t discharges a smaller volume of- water than the southern stream, as the following figureß (estimated) will show:—■ Clutha, 1,088,736 cubic feet per minutej Waikato, 839,168 cubic feet per minute.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 198, 25 September 1914, Page 8
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111Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 198, 25 September 1914, Page 8
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