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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.