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Lake Whangape

Hot springs of New ZealandLakes of WaikatoWaikato District

Lake Whangape (also written as Wangape, Whangapu, or Whangapae) is shallow, supertrophic, lateral and the second largest lake (after Lake Waikare) in the lower Waikato River basin in New Zealand. One source said the name translated to 'a large sheet of water', another that it was a chief's name.From the 1860s the catchment has lost most of its forest cover and the lake has changed from clear and rich in aquatic vegetation to a murky, algal lake.

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N -37.466666666667 ° E 175.05 °
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Waikato, New Zealand
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