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List of lakes of New Zealand

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List of lakes of New Zealand

This is a list of lakes in New Zealand.

Contents

A lake's location is identified by the region and the territorial authority. The watershed or catchment area is the geographical area of land that drains into the lake.

There are:

  • 41 lakes with a surface area larger than 10 km² (1000 ha)
  • 229 lakes greater than 0.5 km² (50 ha)
  • 3820 lakes greater than 0.01 km² (1 ha)

    • Largest

    Lakes with a surface area of more than 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi)

    Deepest

  • Lake Hauroko - 462 m
  • Lake Manapouri - 444 m
  • Lake Te Anau - 417 m
  • Lake Hāwea - 392 m
  • Lake Wakatipu - 380 m

    • These five lakes are all in the South Island. The deepest lake in the North Island is Lake Waikaremoana which has a depth of 248 m

    Auckland

    Many of the lakes in the Auckland Region are man made reservoirs, constructed in the hilly catchment areas of the Waitakere and Hunua ranges in order to provide a water supply for the Auckland urban area.

    References

    List of lakes of New Zealand Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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