Tasman River

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The Tasman River is an alpine braided river flowing through Canterbury, in New Zealand's South Island.

The river's headwaters are in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, where it is the outflow of the Tasman and Murchison Glaciers and also, via a short tributary, of the Hooker and Mueller Glaciers.

It flows south for 25 kilometres from the Southern Alps into the top end of the glacial lake Pukaki, this forming part of the ultimate headwaters of the Waitaki hydroelectic scheme.

Coordinates: 44°02′S 170°10′E / 44.033°S 170.167°E / -44.033; 170.167

v t e Waitaki River

Source: Southern Alps—Flows into: Pacific Ocean (below listings are upstream → downstream)

Administrative areas	Canterbury Region Otago Region Waitaki District

Towns and settlements	Twizel Otematata Kurow Duntroon Glenavy

Major tributaries (by confluence)	Godley River Tekapo River Tasman River Pukaki River Dobson River Hopkins River Ahuriri River Hakataramea River Maerewhenua River

Lakes in catchment (by location or tributary)	Lake Tekapo Lake Pukaki Lake Ohau Lake Ruataniwha Lake Benmore Lake Aviemore Lake Waitaki

Other features	Tasman Glacier Mackenzie Country Benmore Dam Aviemore Dam

Longest New Zealand rivers	1: Waikato 2: Clutha 3: Whanganui 4: Taieri 5: Rangitikei 6: Mataura 7: Waiau (Southland) 8: Clarence 9: Waitaki 10: Oreti

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