New Zealand Student Tours with KANES
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Coasts - New Zealand
Generally, different zones offer distinctly different aspects for interested groups to experience.
 
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Spherical Rocks

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Dunes & Drifting


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Penguins & Seals

 

New Zealand's coasts are swept with currents, storm impacted, twisted and torn by tectonic movements and sliced by multitudes of spectacular purging rivers. These are full of scenic and geographic marvels.

Studies
KANES
show us sites of interest audio visuals and provide explanations. At the various sites we learn about the causes, processes, effects, uses, management systems and controls relating to various features we view:
●  Bays    

●  Waves   high & low energy waves, counting techniques
●  Estuaries   including: formations, tidal scouring, rivers, life special sea life
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Tectonics   rising and lowering shores, sounds and fiords
●  Harbours, within rivers, volcanoes, tectonic openings, estuaries, lava flows and more 
●  Headlands  Blowholes wave caves, arches stacks & wave cut platforms
 Vegetation;  dunes, rock pools
●  Drifting deposits  spits & dunes
 Spherical Rocks 
 Animals:   seals, penguins, shellfish, snails, birds
 Recreation: surfing, fishing, boating, surf sailing.
 Settlements:
   land conservation, waste management, attractions, etc.
●  Conservation methods, administration, laws funding, conflicting issues
 Beach Combing  - Free Souvenirs

See also
Glacier & Scenic Zone Coastal Studies
English Culture & Volcano Zone Coastal Studies

Mining & Milling Zone Coastal Studies
Scottish Culture Zone  Coastal Studies
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Tidal influences & uses


Beaches and Sand Deposits


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   Harbours & Controls                                                            Lava Reefs

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