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| Mt. Egmont/Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand: The contrast between pasture and forest is striking in this photograph of Mt. Egmont/Taranaki Park. The park was created in 1900 and is entirely forested up to the tree line. At the center of the park is Mt. Egmont/Taranaki, a 2518 m (8261 ft) high, snow -capped volcano. Egmont/Taranaki has erupted at least eight times in the last 6000 years; the last recorded eruption was in 1755. The height of this volcano creates its own climate and helps to maintain the greenness of the forests. The slopes of Egmont/Taranaki are the wettest on North Island. In nearby New Plymouth the annual rainfall is 1500 mm (59 in) per year. At 1000 m (3280 ft) up the slopes of the volcano the annual rainfall rate is 6500-7500 mm (256-295 in). Mt. Egmont/Taranaki has not had a major eruption in 245 years, but it only considered dormant and not an extinct volcano. |
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