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Milford Sound waterfall

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Milford Sound waterfall

Milford Sound, in the south-west of the South Island, is known as a land of waterfalls. The many fronts blown in from the Tasman Sea hit the high mountains of Fiordland and heavy rain results. Milford Sound averages over 6,000 millimetres of rain a year.

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Erick Brenstrum, Weather – Factors determining weather, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9533/milford-sound-waterfall (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Erick Brenstrum, published 2 March 2009.