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Takapō Lake Tekapo

Glacier highland Lake Takapō Tekapo, Canterbury, NZ

Takapō Lake Tekapo is a large, deep, glacier-fed lake on the northern edge of Te Manahuna Mackenzie Basin. 

Image courtesy of Lakes380 – Our lakes’ health: past, present, future. 

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