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NASA satellite photo of Lake Taupō Wharf and small jetty where the Waikato River departs the lake, 1928 Māori rock carvings at Mine Bay are over 10 metres high and accessible only by boat or kayak. Tourism is a major component of Taupō's commercial sector. The busiest time for the industry is the high summer season around Christmas and New Year.
The Wisconsin River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.At approximately 430 miles (692 km) long, it is the state's longest river. The river's name was first recorded in 1673 by Jacques Marquette as "Meskousing" from his Indian guides - most likely Miami for "river running through a red place."
Many of the Wisconsin's islands in Lake Michigan are around the Door Peninsula. [3] Islands in Green Bay include those in and around the Green Bay Breakwater. Washington Island is Wisconsin's largest in Lake Michigan and also has a year-round population of 708 as of the 2010 census.
Wazee Lake is a lake east of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, in the town of Brockway, Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] The name "Wazee" means "tall pine" in the Ho-Chunk language. The artificial lake is the deepest lake within the state of Wisconsin , with a maximum depth of approximately 355 feet (108 m).
Lake Wisconsin is a reservoir on the Wisconsin River in southern Wisconsin in the United States. It is located in Columbia and Sauk counties, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Baraboo and 25 miles (40 km) NNW of Madison. Today it is home to the Wisconsin wine appellation of the Lake Wisconsin AVA. [1]
The Eagle River is a tributary of the Wisconsin River in northeastern Wisconsin in the United States. Via the Wisconsin River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River , draining an area of 181.7 square miles (470.6 km 2 ) in the state's Northern Highland region.
These eruptions are associated with tephra production that results in deep ash fall over wide areas (e.g. the Whakatane eruption of ~ 5500 years ago had 5 mm (0.20 in) ashfall 900 km (560 mi) away on the Chatham Islands) ` [45] pyroclastic flows and surges, which rarely have covered large areas of the North Island in ignimbrite sheets ...
The tectonic activity is driven by the ground subsiding at a rate of 0.3–0.4 cm/year (0.12–0.16 in/year) since 61,000 years ago with largely orthogonal rifting associated with subduction and the clockwise rotation of the northern North Island allowing the rift to open.