This lake is 12 m deep with a hard iron pan base overlaid by sand. It is the larger of the two lakes near Rangiputa being 63 hectares in area. The surrounding catchment is kanuka/manuka scrub and pasture, with pohutukawa forest on the beach ridge to the north of the lake. The lake has no inflows or outflows.
Lake Rotokawau (Karikari)
Depth:
1.5 metres
Area:
66.3 hectares
Lake ID:
4319
Main vegetation type:
High Productivity Grassland
Karikari Pennisular
34° 52' 12" S
173° 18' 23" E
Lowland
Iwi / representative groups:
- Te Rūnanga a Iwi o Ngāti Kahu
