New Zealand: geography

New Zealand consists of two main islands and a number of smaller islands so scattered that they range from the tropical to the Antarctic. New Zealand (LOCATE) about 2,012 km southeast of Australia.
The two main islands are the North Island and the South Island, (SEPARATE) by Cook Strait. The North Island is 829 km long and volcanic in its south-central part.
South Island has the Southern Alps along its west coast, with Mount Cook being the (HIGH) point. Other inhabited islands include Stewart Island, the Chatham Islands, and Great Barrier Island.

Global warming

In northern Québec and Labrador, temperatures (RISE) two degrees Celsius since the mid-1990s. That rise has helped more trees grow in the area which was previously too cold for trees. And the more trees that grow, the (WARM) the region becomes.
“The cold landscape that we are accustomed to in northern Canada (BE) a thing of the past soon,” specialists predict.