- Te
Onetapu (Māori: [tɛˌɔnɛˈtaˌpʉ]),
commonly known as the
Rangipo Desert (Māori: [ˌɾaŋiˌpɔː]), is a
barren desert-like
environment located in New Zealand...
- and
mental health support for inmates. Tongariro/
Rangipo Prison began as a
prison camp
called Rangipo in Tūrangi in 1922. When it
started the few inmates...
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canals and
tunnels to
generate electricity at
three hydro power stations,
Rangipo (120 MW),
Tokaanu (240 MW) and
Mangaio (2 MW). The
water is then discharged...
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Tongariro to the
north and
Mount Ruapehu to the south, to the west of the
Rangipo Desert and 25
kilometres (16 miles) to the
south of the
southern s****...
- The
Rangipo Fault (also
known in the past as
Desert Road Fault,
Whangaehu River Fault, 'Whangaehu Fault) is the
eastern Taupō rift-bounding north–south...
- Kaimanawa. The
lands around the
mountains are scrubby. To the west,
where the
Rangipo Desert is located, the
soils are poor quality. To the east, the
soils are...
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termination faults where the
western wall
Raurimu Fault and
eastern wall
Rangipo Fault (Desert Road Fault)
terminate in the
Ruapehu Graben, of the central...
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Village receives an
average of 2,200 mm of rain per year,
whereas the
Rangipo Desert to the east of
Ruapehu receives slightly more than 1,500 mm of rain...
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hydroelectric generating stations on the (361.8 MW)
Tongariro Power Scheme –
Rangipo (120 MW),
Tokaanu (240 MW) and
Mangaio (1.8 MW). It also
operates the (138...
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usually applied to
larger areas such as the
Highlands of Iceland, the
Rangipo Desert in New
Zealand or Cordón
Caulle in Chile.
Occasionally though, it...
