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What is aspect one about?
The natural characteristics of a large natural environment
What is aspect two about?
How elements and processes of the large natural environment interact
What is aspect three about?
How the Tongariro environment has formed and changed over time
What is aspect four about?
How people interact with the large natural environment
What is aspect five about?
How perceptions of the large natural environment change over time
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Where is the TVC located?
Central North Island (NZ) at southern end of Taupo Volcanic zone where pacific plate is actively subducting beneath the Indo-Australian plate
What is the absolute location of the TVC?
the TVC lies between 39 and 39.5 degrees south of the equator, between 50 - 100m from the sea and between 500-2,700m above sea level
Name the natural characteristics of the TVC
Relief/landforms, climate, vegetation and soils
Landforms
What are names and heights of three active cones in the area?
The three active andesite cones of Ruapehu (2787m), Nguruhoe (2291m) and Tongariro (1968m), dominate the landscape
Describe Mount Ruapehu
Mount Ruapehu is a wide and much broken Andesite volcano, with several high points spread irregularly around a deep crater that usually has a crater lake. It has rough sides which are quickly eroding
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