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Mackenzie
Basin is located on the South Island of New Zealand. It is a
popular place in New Zealand and is usually also known as
Mackenzie Country. Actually it is a basin which is situated
close to the centre of the South Island. It goes around one
hundred kilometres from North to South and about forty
kilometres from East to West. On the western side is the
Southern Alps. The major part of Mackenzie Basin is in
Canterbury and the rest in Otago in the Waitaki River. There are
some famous rivers that cross the Mackenzie Basin which are the
Hakataramea River, Ahuriri River, Tekapo River and Waitaki
River. The area is not so much populated, they are found in
Mount Cook Village, Lake Tekapo, Omarama and Twizel. The place
attracts tourists for its beautiful views, enormous glacial
lakes and the fabulous mountains covered with snow which
attracts a lot of skiers. One of the other popular activities in
Mackenzie Country is gliding. Mackenzie Basin is a place which
is important for astronomy because of its dry, clear dark sky
with facilities as Mount John University Observatory, this bring
also a lot of tourist to the area. Mackenzie Basin is being
planed to be the first International Dark Sky Reserve of the
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