NEWZEALAND

 Area: 2, 69, 057 sq. km (excluding dependencies)

Population: 3.8 million

Latitude: 34˚ 05’ - 47˚ 20’ S

Capital: wellington

Longitude: 166˚ 10’ - 178˚ 20’ E

Situation: the three main islands of New Zealand are situated to the south east of Australia and 10,000 km west of Chile in the south Pacific Ocean. The two larger islands, north and south islands are long and narrow and the third, Stewart island, is the smaller one.

PHYSICAL FEATURES

SOUTHERN ALPS

   The mountains of the south Island, includes the country’s highest peak, Mount Cook 3, 764 m).

CANTERBURY PLAINS.

·         the most extensive plainsman example of Piedmont alluvial plain crossed by river cover 12,500 km of the south Island’s east coast.

·         The chief farming region in New Zealand.

MOUNT EGMONT

·         An extinct volcano in south – west of North island.

LAKE TAUPO

·         New Zealand’s largest lake.

·         Situated to the north of central volcanic plateau of North Island.

WELLINGTON

·         Situated on the southern tip of the North Island.

·         Country’s capital and also the southernmost capital city of the world.

·         An important sea port on the Cook Strait.

·         Cattle rearing and dairy are the main economic activity around this city.

AUCKLAND

·         Biggest city of the country and also the largest port on the coast of North Island.

·         The most populous urban centre in new Zealand.

CHRISTCHURCH

·         Major industrial centre of the South Island.

The pacific islands

Scattered across the Pacific Ocean, between 130˚ E and 130˚W at a distance of 11,26 Km are thousands of islands with a total land area of 2,60,0001. Km excluding New Zealand and New Guinea. They are made up of three main groups: Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.