New Zealand

Inglés I
June 18th 2021
Location
Description of the country
 Distance &
means of
transport
From australia

1,600 kms
Putting New Zealand on the map: The
North and South Islands

New Zealand lies in the Pacific Ocean, 1,600

km to the east of Australia. It consists of two
large islands and a number of smaller ones.
It’s similar in size to the United Kingdom but it
only has a population of about 3.8 million
people. Most of them live in the North Island
and over one million in Auckland, which is the
country’s largest city. New Zealand capital is
Wellington. The Great Outdoors (taken from English
for International Tourism. Page 75)
The south Island is a little larger than the
North Island and it’s famous for its Southern
Alps. You might think you were in
Switzerland, not New Zealand. The eastern
side of the Alps is dry but the west coast has
a lot of rainfall and magnificent forests, lakes,
mountains and glaciers. Christchurch is the
largest city in the South island. It’s smaller
than Auckland but has good international
travel links.
New Zealand’s Landscape The main
characteristic of the landscape is its diversity:
mountains, lakes, rivers, beaches, hills,
volcanoes, rainforests and fjords are all
contained in quite a small area. From the
volcanoes of Tongariro National Park to the
cliffs of Fjordland, New Zealand’s thirteen
national parks contain an amazing range of
scenery, beautiful walking tracks and various
plants and animals that are not found in other
parts of the world.