Geography and Hydrology
Currently Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora is a brackish bar-type lagoon. The lake covers an area of 198 square kilometres (76 sq mi), and is New Zealand's 5th largest lake (by area).
Lagoons of this type form an interlinked chain of habitats or corridor, which run the length of the east coast of the South Island, from Wairau Lagoon and Lake Grassmere in Marlborough, through Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora and Coopers Lagoon in Central Canterbury, Washdyke and Wainono Lagoons in South Canterbury, to Waituna Lagoon in Southland.
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