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New Zealand, like a few spots round the world, straddles two Tectonic Plates, the Pacific and the Australian. The movement between these two plates causes several things definitely New Zealand. The Volcanoes, the Alpine Fault, the Southern Alps.
The Alpine Fault commences well south of NZ, continues through the country to emerge as the Hikurangi Trench, then the Tonga Trench and so on.
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How much are British licence plates worth to sell in New Zealand?
New Zealand
What are the names of the 2 tectonic plates on which New Zealand is located?
New Zealand is situated on the active boundary of the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates.
How did the islands new Zealand form?
New Zealand was named after Zealand, a province in the Netherlands. The Dutch were the first Europeans to discover it. It does not resemble Zealand - Zealand is flat, New Zealand is mountainous.
How many states are in New Zealand?
New Zealand does not have states.
How many peapol are rich and por in New Zealand?
how many peapol are rich and por in New Zealand how many peapol are rich and por in New Zealand
How many tectonic plates are under new zealand?
Two Australian and Pacific
Why is there so many volcanoes in new zealand?
Because New Zealand is sitting on two tectonic plates which cause volcanos when the move.
New zealand is at the edge of a plate called?
New Zealand is on the edge of two plates , the Pacific and Indo-Australian Plates.
How did the New Zealand earthquake occur?
Two tectonic plates movoin apart, together or under each other
How much are British licence plates worth to sell in New Zealand?
New Zealand
Where are the tectonic plates in New Zealand?
kirkland
Where can you buy psp plates in New Zealand?
www.furglespot.blog.nz
Why does New Zealand have so many earthquakes and Australia doesn't?
New Zealand is centred on the edge of two tectonic plates. Australia isn't anywhere near an edge, so it is safe.
What are the names of the 2 tectonic plates on which New Zealand is located?
New Zealand is situated on the active boundary of the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates.
Are there plates around New Zealand?
New Zealand sits astride two tectonic plates, the Pacific, and the Australian. The Pacific plate is subducting (diving under) the Australian plate in the north, and in the south, the Australian plate is subducting under the Pacific one. Midway between these two extremes are found the Southern Alps, and this uplift is probably caused by this complex motion.
What are the name of the two major plates beneath New zealand?
The Pacific Plate subducts beneath northern New Zealand, and the Australian Plate subducts beneath New Zealand in the South.
Why did an earthquake hit New Zealand?
because techtonic plates moved
