Lake Tekapo is the second-largest of three roughly parallel lakes running north–south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island of New Zealand. It covers an area of 83 km² and is at an altitude of 710 m above sea level.
Location: Mackenzie District, Canterbury region, South Island
Primary inflows: Godley River (north), Macauley River (north), Mistake River (west), Cass River (west)
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