The Kawarau River emerges from Lake Wakatipu, entering a narrow gorge between the towns of Queenstown and Cromwell. It continues for some 25 kilometres passing the Roaring Meg hydro scheme and Goldfields Mining Centre, before the river emerges into the upper valley of the Clutha River near Cromwell.br/br/The gorge is noted for its natural beauty, and is also the site of several extreme sports, notably bungy jumping at the Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge, and white-water sports ventures run out of Queenstown such as jet boating, kayaking and riverboarding.