Mistake River
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The Mistake River is a river of the Canterbury Region of New Zealand
's South Island
. It flows south from the Hall Range to the northwest of Lake Tekapo
, turning east at the southern end of the range to flow into the western edge of the lake.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
's South Island
South Island
The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean...
. It flows south from the Hall Range to the northwest of Lake Tekapo
Lake Tekapo
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...
, turning east at the southern end of the range to flow into the western edge of the lake.