Lake Karapiro is an artificial reservoir lake on the Waikato River, 30 kilometres (19 mi) south-east of the city of Hamilton in the North Island of New Zealand. The lake was formed in the 1940's by damming the Waikato River to store water for the 96-megawatt Karapiro hydroelectric power station.
The lake, regarded as one of New Zealand's best rowing venues, hosted the World Rowing Championships in 1978 and the 1950 British Empire Games. The 2010 World Rowing Championships were held here.
"A FISA inspection panel had visited Lake Karapiro venue in March and said in its report that it was one of the fairest courses in the world they had seen and that the lake was one of the most picturesque in the world."
Read more about Lake Karapiro: Etymology, Hydroelectric Power
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