New Zealand: Geography and Climate

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New Zealand's Geography

NewZealandIsmadeof2mainislands.NewZealandhaslotsofmarinerecoursessuchasoil.NewZealandhas18peaksandmanysteepmountains.Amountainisalargeupli@edmassofmaterialovertheedgeoftheearthsplates.TheNorthislandhasextensivevolcanicacDvity.NewZealandalsosufferscommonearthquakesalthoughfewaredangerous.HoweverNewZealandhasmanyawesomelandscapessuchastheemeraldlakes.

New Zealand's Climate

NewZealand'sclimatechangessharplyacrosstheregions.NewZealand'swestcoastisverywet.HoweverinthecentralOtagoOfNewZealandisextensivelyarid.NewZealandhasAsnowSeasonwereitsnowsalotmorethanusual.

New Zealand’s Landmarks

NewZealandhasmanyfamouslandmarks.OneoftheisLakeGunn.ItisaSmallLakeInbetweentosmallerlakes.Lookattheview.LakeGunnisanimportantlandmarkinnewZealand.

New Zealand’s Landmarks

NewZealandHasManyLandmarksthisoneiscalledPencarrowhead.ItisLocatednearwellingtonNewZealand'scapital.

Mountains

NewZealandhasseveralmountainranges.ThenorthislandhasseveralacDvevolcanoes.Themountaininthispictureismountcook.Thenorthislandhasamountainrangecalledthespine.Thesouthislandhasthesouthernalps.

Plains

NewZealandhasseveralawesomeplains.OneoftheplainsisAwaruaplains.Theawaruplainsaremostlyfarmland.EarlyinnewZealand'shistoryalmost80%ofNewZealand'sforestswereburntandturnedintofarmland.

The Forest

NewZealandisfamousforitsKauriForests.Theseforestsarehometomanyrarebirdsandanimals.Theforestalsohasmanyhugetrees.NewZealand'sforestsarealsohometoanabundanceofindigenousflightlessbirds.Myfavoriteisthekiwi.ThekiwiisaverysmallbirdthatisindigenoustoNewZealand.