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Nature & Co New Zealand - Physical geography of Auckland: Presentation
(Auckland Volcanic Field) which rise abruptly above the gently rolling terrain of the urban area . The larger volcanic cones are One Tree Hill (103 m ... a central, steep-sided scoria cone (260 m asl). Browns Island (Motukorea) is also volcanic. Other islands (Motutapu, Motuihe, and Waiheke) consist of low, rolling hills of greywacke (Waipapa ...
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Walton Hall Nature Trail, non-UK sites, Tenerife
Many of the important wildlife areas ... 3718m high volcano in the centre of the island. Barren volcanic landscapes at higher levels with many different types of lava, volcanic cones and deserts. There are however a few plants and animals ...
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Volcanic History of the Mono Basin
Volcanic History of the Mono Basin …there is a range of volcanic cones that attract the eye, not only on account of ... north to south and topping 9,000 ft. may be the youngest volcanic mountain range in North America. The last eruption in the Mono ... Long Valley Caldera. Today, Long Valley Caldera is part of a large volcanic complex that stretches from Mammoth Mountain to Mono Lake. AN ANCIENT LAKE ...
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Natureandco.com - Nature in New Zealand - Landforms and Landscapes
NZ Mountains: Bibliography Volcanoes Quick links ---------- NZ Volcanoes: Presentation NZ Active Volcanoes NZ Volcanic Fields NZ Georthermal Fields NZ Volcanism: Causes Bibliography Internet Resources Earthquakes - Tectonics Quick ... shapes, rock types and vegetation, with jagged rocky cliffs, mudflat-lined harbours, large volcanic cones or their remains and black sand beaches but to name a few, ...
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Natureandco.com - National Parks of New Zealand - Tongariro National Park
The original lands, comprising only the upper parts of the volcanic cones, were thus gifted in 1887. The protected area has been progressively enlarged to its present ...
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Costa Rica: About Costa Rica
Costa Rica is also a hotbed of volcanic activity with100 volcanic cones and several active volcanoes. As with any area that contains wealth of natural resources ...
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Voyage to the Aleutian Islands: Understanding Alaska’s Deep Sea Frontiers
Derikson and Sirius Seamounts (2), two 50-60 million year old undersea volcanic mountains that are riding on the Pacific Plate as it approaches the Aleutian Trench. They ... of 3000 meters, from soft silt ponds to current-swept sandy banks, canyon walls, young volcanic cones, and glacially scoured rock outcrops. Deep-sea corals and sponges were widely distributed at the ...
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Christopher Ondaatje - Author and Traveller
Karagwe on his second journey that the “bold sky-scraping volcanic cones” he glimpsed 50 miles to the west in unknown Rwanda were in fact the ... to see the ultimate Nile and Congo springs can, by climbing these steep, densely vegetated volcanic cones, find Speke’s words confirmed. “Standing on one of the highest summits, say Muhabura ...
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA ORCHID NEWS
Island Arc. They are also referred to as the Finisterre - New Britain Volcanic Arc and the Bougainville - New Ireland Volcanic Arc. (Loffler, 1977). (a) The Southern Bismarck Arc This includes New ... Entrecasteaux group and the Louisiade Archipelago and they are structurally an extension of the mainland. Volcanic cones occur on Goodenough Island (the highest at 2,400 m) and Fergusson Island (with 3 ...
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cinder cones
Eruptions from cinder cones are pretty small potatoes, as far as volcanic eruptions go. They tend to be small, hill-sized volcanoes that ... cone. Some of the most dramatic volcanic eruptions are these displays of lava fountains shooting sparkling, glowing glass-like rock fragments into the air from cinder cones. Biggest Mountain; Mauna Loa ...
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