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Kōrero: Ecoregions

Ash fall layers

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Ash fall layers

This cross-section of rock layers in the central North Island reveals the area’s volcanic past. The different layers represent separate eruptions, along with buried layers of soil. Vegetation has been destroyed many times by hot ash flows and ash falls.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Jock Phillips

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Matt McGlone, Ecoregions – Central volcanic plateau, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12568/ash-fall-layers (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Matt McGlone, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.