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I got some information about beautiful fiord land national park . Fiordland National Park occupies the southwest corner of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the largest of the 14 national parks in New Zealand, with an area . This is how the author of the book "Mountains of Water - The Story of Fiordland National Park" described this stunning National Park. Fiordland is home to the stunning fiords of Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound, the beautiful lakeside towns of Te Anau and Manapouri
Beautiful Fioralland National Park
The Takahe is an example of a bird that developed to be much larger
and flightless compared to its distant cousins in the rail species. The
Takahe was in fact thought to be extinct for more than forty years
before it was rediscovered in the mountains of Fiordland in 1948.
Fiordland was also the final refuge for the world's only flightless
parrot the Kakapo. Both of these rare bird species are now part of a
recovery programme managed by the Department of Conservation. Human activity within Fiordland has been limited. Early Maori hunted
here, caught fish from the sea and gathered pounamu (New Zealand jade)
from the rivers.
Much later, European sealers and whalers took shelter in the fiords
and built small settlements in some locations, but overall the sheer
steepness of the terrain, the incredible isolation, and the wettest
climate in New Zealand deterred all but the hardiest from settlement in
the region.
Fiordland became the scene of one of New Zealand's most significant conservation debates when in the 1960's it was proposed to raise the level of Lake Manapouri to assist hydro-electricity production at West Arm. The ensuing battle resulted in government ultimately bowing to the weight of petitions and passing a bill in the 1970's that gave the lake statutory protection. Fiordland's coast is steep and crenellated, with the fiords running from the valleys of the southern ranges of the Southern Alps, such as the Kepler and Murchison Mountains.
At the northern end of the park, several peaks rise to over 2,000 metres. Ice has carved islands from the mainland, leaving two large uninhabited offshore islands, Secretary Island and Resolution Island. Several large lakes lie wholly or partly within the park's boundaries, notably Lake Te Anau, Lake Manapouri, Lake Monowai, Lake Hauroko, and Lake Poteriteri. The Sutherland Falls, to the southwest of Milford Sound on the Milford Track, are among the world's highest waterfalls. Prevailing westerly winds blow moist air from the Tasman Sea onto the mountains; the cooling of this air as it rises produces a prodigious amount of rainfall, exceeding seven metres in many parts of the park. This supports the lush temperate rain forests of the Fiordland temperate forests ecoregion. Road access to Fiordland is restricted to the Milford Road (SH 94), which runs north from Te Anau, skirting the edge of the park before entering it close to the headwaters of the Eglinton River. From there it crosses the northwest corner of the park, reaching its terminus at Milford Sound. South of Te Anau a smaller road links to Manapouri.
A minor road links Doubtful Sound with the western edge of Lake Manapouri via the Wilmot Pass. A tunnel proposal through Mount Aspiring National Park and Fiordland National Park, the so-called Milford Tunnel, gained approval in principle by the Department of Conservation in 2011, but was rejected by the Minister of Conservation, Nick Smith, in July 2013. The tunnel would have established a connection via Glenorchy and would have significantly reduced the current return travel time from Queenstown to Milford Sound of 9 hours. Smith stated that "the proposal was beyond what was appropriate for a World Heritage Area." The managing director of the company behind the proposal stated that he was "disappointed of course. National trying to out-green the greens. Going skiing.
I got some information about beautiful fiord land national park . Fiordland National Park occupies the southwest corner of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the largest of the 14 national parks in New Zealand, with an area . This is how the author of the book "Mountains of Water - The Story of Fiordland National Park" described this stunning National Park. Fiordland is home to the stunning fiords of Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound, the beautiful lakeside towns of Te Anau and Manapouri
Beautiful Fioralland National Park
The Takahe is an example of a bird that developed to be much larger
and flightless compared to its distant cousins in the rail species. The
Takahe was in fact thought to be extinct for more than forty years
before it was rediscovered in the mountains of Fiordland in 1948.
Fiordland was also the final refuge for the world's only flightless
parrot the Kakapo. Both of these rare bird species are now part of a
recovery programme managed by the Department of Conservation. Human activity within Fiordland has been limited. Early Maori hunted
here, caught fish from the sea and gathered pounamu (New Zealand jade)
from the rivers.
Much later, European sealers and whalers took shelter in the fiords
and built small settlements in some locations, but overall the sheer
steepness of the terrain, the incredible isolation, and the wettest
climate in New Zealand deterred all but the hardiest from settlement in
the region.Fiordland became the scene of one of New Zealand's most significant conservation debates when in the 1960's it was proposed to raise the level of Lake Manapouri to assist hydro-electricity production at West Arm. The ensuing battle resulted in government ultimately bowing to the weight of petitions and passing a bill in the 1970's that gave the lake statutory protection. Fiordland's coast is steep and crenellated, with the fiords running from the valleys of the southern ranges of the Southern Alps, such as the Kepler and Murchison Mountains.
At the northern end of the park, several peaks rise to over 2,000 metres. Ice has carved islands from the mainland, leaving two large uninhabited offshore islands, Secretary Island and Resolution Island. Several large lakes lie wholly or partly within the park's boundaries, notably Lake Te Anau, Lake Manapouri, Lake Monowai, Lake Hauroko, and Lake Poteriteri. The Sutherland Falls, to the southwest of Milford Sound on the Milford Track, are among the world's highest waterfalls. Prevailing westerly winds blow moist air from the Tasman Sea onto the mountains; the cooling of this air as it rises produces a prodigious amount of rainfall, exceeding seven metres in many parts of the park. This supports the lush temperate rain forests of the Fiordland temperate forests ecoregion. Road access to Fiordland is restricted to the Milford Road (SH 94), which runs north from Te Anau, skirting the edge of the park before entering it close to the headwaters of the Eglinton River. From there it crosses the northwest corner of the park, reaching its terminus at Milford Sound. South of Te Anau a smaller road links to Manapouri.
A minor road links Doubtful Sound with the western edge of Lake Manapouri via the Wilmot Pass. A tunnel proposal through Mount Aspiring National Park and Fiordland National Park, the so-called Milford Tunnel, gained approval in principle by the Department of Conservation in 2011, but was rejected by the Minister of Conservation, Nick Smith, in July 2013. The tunnel would have established a connection via Glenorchy and would have significantly reduced the current return travel time from Queenstown to Milford Sound of 9 hours. Smith stated that "the proposal was beyond what was appropriate for a World Heritage Area." The managing director of the company behind the proposal stated that he was "disappointed of course. National trying to out-green the greens. Going skiing.
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