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The high Andean puna lies between 4,200 and 5,000 metres (13,800 and 16,400 ft). Nightly freezes occur throughout the year and annual precipitation is less than 700 millimetres (28 in), falling mainly as snow and hail. [1] The wet puna is located in the altiplano at elevations between 3,700 and 4,200 metres (12,100 and 13,800 ft). It is wetter ...
The forest of Wao Kele O Puna. Wao Kele O Puna (Wao Kele) is Hawaiʻi's largest remaining lowland wet forest, [1] about 15 mi (24 km) south of the city of Hilo, [2] along the East Rift Zone of Kīlauea volcano on the Island of Hawaiʻi. The name means the upland rainforest of Puna. Puna is one of 9 districts on the island.
Of the 24 total volcanic fissure vents that formed during the event, 14 erupted lava to varying degrees within Leilani Estates. [11] ʻAhuʻailāʻau (initially designated Fissure 8) on Luana St. was the dominant vent that produced the most output of lava, with fountaining as high as 330 feet [12] and flow front advancement as fast as 76 m/h [13] as it reached the ocean miles below Leilani ...
Within the dry puna are salt flats, high plateaus, snow-covered peaks and volcanoes. [4] Dry puna is distinguished from the other types of puna by its diminished annual rainfall. The dry puna has an 8-month long dry season and receives less than 400 mm of rainfall each year. [3] The region lies at an elevation of 3500–5000 m above sea level.
During the 2018 lower Puna eruption of Kīlauea's East rift zone, a lava flow from Fissure 20 buried a section of Route 137 between Kamaili Road and Pohoiki Road [2] and flows from Fissure 8 flowed east across and along Hawaii Route 132, cutting more of Route 137 in the vicinity of Kapoho.
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View of Cape Kumukahi Cape Kumukahi, December 1943. Cape Kumukahi is the easternmost point of the Big Island of Hawaii. [1] It constitutes the eastern end of the East Rift Zone of Kīlauea which is prolonged under the sea beyond the course via the edge of Puna.
Cono de Arita in Salar de Arizaro. Located in the central-western area of the Puna de Atacama, it covers an area of 1,600 km 2 (618 sq mi). [4] Per extension, the Salar de Arizaro is the 6th largest salt flat in the World and the 2nd largest in Argentina after the Salinas Grandes.