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NZ Natural Environment - Coggle Diagram

- - - - 150 Million years ago, began to split apart
        
        80 million years ago, piece that would be NZ broke off
        
        upheavals lifted land mass Zealandia out of water, then sank back down
        
        20 Million Years ago, period of upheaval began, lifted NZ out of water
        
        Evidence : the continental shelf of shallow waters around NZ
- - - - The sun has to pass through more atmosphere, travel further distance
      - The sun is directly overhead at equator
      - Equator is smaller area and is not at an angle, heat is more direct
  - - - Less particles for sun to heat up
      - Every 100m you go up, the temp decreases 1 degree
        
        If saturated, only 0.5 degrees
  - - - Sea heats up and cools down slower, regulates temperatures for coastal areas
  - - - If wind passes over land before reaching area, it will be hot and dry
      - If it passes over sea, it will pick up moisture
- - - - Wind that comes down on there side is hot and dry, usually hotter than before due to saturation on west side
        
        Causes areas east of alps to be very dry
      - Causes areas west of South Alps. to be very wet
- - - - 11am, attempted to tug ship, no avail
        
        1:30pm, order given to abandon ship
        
        2:30pm, ship rolled on side