Map 1: Land Environments of New Zealand: geographic distribution of the 20 Level I environments

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Shows a map of New Zealand highlighting in colour the geographic distribution of the 20 Level I environments; these are listed and summarised in Table iii in the Appendix, page 29, and labelled Environments A through T.

• Environments A to F are widespread in the North Island and the north and east of the South Island.
• Environments G to K occur throughout the North Island and the eastern South Island.
• Environments L to N encompass extensive areas in the southern and eastern South Island with more scattered areas of the South Island's West Coast.
• Environments O to S occupy the higher mountain ranges and central volcanoes of the North Island and the extensive mountainous terrain of the South Island.
• Environment T consists of the permanent snow and ice of the South Island's Southern Alps.