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Wakatipu has experienced periodic flooding affecting the lakeside communities of Kingston,
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Wakatipu is known for its scenery and is surrounded by mountains. Two mountain ranges,
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Wakatipu is the eponymous lake in the murder mystery television series
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2203:Lake Dunstan
2162:Teviot River
2147:Lindis River
2072:Millers Flat
1986:Otago Region
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1952:Clutha River
1884:Resort Radio
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1701:Jack's Point
1696:Coronet Peak
1641:Mount Barker
1561:Sunshine Bay
1433:Old Nicholas
1373:Jack's Point
1333:Coronet Peak
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273:Water volume
247:Surface area
167:Glacial lake
116:South Island
112:Otago Region
18:
2254:Inch Clutha
2193:Lake Wānaka
2137:Hāwea River
2022:Albert Town
1969:Flows into:
1756:Walter Peak
1646:Treble Cone
1636:Minaret Bay
1596:Glendhu Bay
1591:Dingle Burn
1581:Albert Town
1574:Wānaka Ward
1483:Wharehuanui
1478:Walter Peak
1448:Rees Valley
1368:Hayes Creek
1363:Halfway Bay
1328:Charlestown
681:Mountaineer
637:brown trout
633:longfin eel
578:, the main
467:paragliding
367:finger lake
331:Settlements
230:Max. length
221:New Zealand
148: /
123:Coordinates
2410:Categories
2389:Rangitaiki
2353:Rangitīkei
2198:Lake Hāwea
2118:confluence
2102:Kaitangata
1874:Fergburger
1836:Government
1721:Lake Hayes
1691:Cecil Peak
1686:Bowen Peak
1681:Ben Lomond
1631:Maungawera
1626:Matukituki
1611:Lake Hāwea
1606:Hāwea Flat
1503:Queenstown
1443:Quail Rise
1398:Long Gully
1358:Greenstone
1323:Cecil Peak
1318:Bullendale
1266:Queenstown
978:17 January
874:17 January
770:References
731:Television
533:Kāti Māmoe
432:Queenstown
339:Queenstown
316:Pig Island
264:Max. depth
238:Max. width
185:Rees River
2341:Whanganui
2290:Clyde Dam
2092:Balclutha
2087:Clydevale
2047:Alexandra
1954:(Mata-Au)
1741:Roys Peak
1601:Gladstone
1493:Wye Creek
1453:Routeburn
1353:Glenorchy
1343:Dalefield
1338:Closeburn
1287:Arrowtown
903:13 August
824:1171-9834
706:Loch Ness
649:pied shag
608:Glenorchy
537:Ngāi Tahu
516:Etymology
486:vineyards
463:skifields
417:Glenorchy
379:Southland
369:) in the
343:Glenorchy
291: 12
162:Lake type
2395:Manawatū
2234:Mou Waho
2097:Stirling
2077:Beaumont
2057:Roxburgh
2037:Cromwell
1621:Makarora
1586:Cardrona
1521:Frankton
1516:Fernhill
1488:Woodbine
1473:The Neck
1463:Skippers
1438:Paradise
1408:Macetown
1383:Kingston
1348:Gibbston
1313:Boydtown
1108:28 April
933:: 51–52.
758:See also
750:Swimming
741:(2013).
725:Amon Hen
693:Earnslaw
627:Wildlife
602:Flooding
490:Gibbston
481:Earnslaw
453:and the
413:Kingston
335:Kingston
136:168°30′E
104:Location
2377:Waitaki
2359:Mataura
2329:Waikato
2067:Ettrick
2032:Lowburn
2027:Luggate
1962:Source:
1661:Waiorau
1616:Luggate
1388:Kinloch
1303:Arcadia
974:. Stuff
870:. Stuff
661:mallard
529:Waitaha
461:, with
421:Kinloch
311:Islands
2347:Taieri
2335:Clutha
2062:Teviot
2017:Wānaka
1898:Sports
1656:Wānaka
1131:7 July
1071:31 May
1046:31 May
1020:31 May
955:26 May
846:31 May
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794:9 June
745:Sports
651:. The
641:salmon
586:, the
561:seiche
444:seiche
133:45°3′S
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2365:Waiau
2305:Kelso
2042:Clyde
1879:NZSki
1848:Mayor
1252:Otago
1175:Stuff
997:(PDF)
816:(PDF)
541:whaka
389:name
387:Māori
375:Otago
355:Māori
293:years
216:Basin
43:Māori
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1262:Seat
1133:2008
1110:2011
1073:2019
1066:TVNZ
1048:2019
1022:2019
980:2021
957:2023
905:2021
876:2021
848:2019
820:ISSN
796:2012
700:Film
691:The
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545:tipu
479:TSS
473:and
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