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Spatial Variations in Tukituki River. Vegetation. Ruahines Altitudnal Zonation Above 2000m Bare rock 2000m Moss lichens and alpine plants +1500m Tussock -1500m Shrubs and small trees +1000m Specialist Trees -1000m Mixed Forest
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Vegetation • Ruahines • AltitudnalZonation • Above 2000m Bare rock • 2000m Moss lichens and alpine plants • +1500m Tussock • -1500m Shrubs and small trees • +1000m Specialist Trees • -1000m Mixed Forest • Review your notes and put in two specific trees/plant names for each category
Vegetation Cont. • Central Plains • Pre-Colonization • Native grasslands • Post-Colonization • High producing grassland • Farms • Trees to act as stopbank • Foothills • Pasteur land
Landforms/Types of Erosion • Ruahines • V-shaped Vallies • Deep fast runing river • Scree-vertical erosion • Central Plains • Meandering river • Horizontal Erosion • River slows
Landform/Types of Erosion • Eastern Foothills • Rolling hills • River contained by anticlynes • Deeper and quicker than plains but not by much • Erosion is land slips due to heavy soils
Climate • Ruahines • Orographic Rainfall • Plains • Frontal Rainfall • Foothills • Frontal Rainfall • Find the exact amount of rainfall each region averages from your notes (Chloropleth map)
Soils • Ruahines • Thin and Rocky due to steep slopes and erosion • Plains • Deep alluvial soil from sediment being washed down over the years • Foothills • Thick non-draing soil making it susceptible to land slides • Use your notes to put the exact type of soil for each region