Fiords (fjords).
Fjords
Where land meets ocean.
The gulf stream.. did you really not know?
New Zealand is a very skinny country, about the furthest you can be from the Ocean is about 150km, hence living by the coast is easier.
A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska.
A long, narrow, often deep inlet from the sea between steep cliffs and slopes, found especially along the coasts of Norway and Alaska.
Temperate rainforests can be found along the coasts of temperate zones. The largest temperate rainforests are found along the west coast of North America. They go from Oregon to Alaska, (this distance is about 1,200 miles.) Smaller ones can be found in Chile, United Kingdom, Norway, Japan, New Zealand, and southern Austrailia.
Tasman sailed past New Zealand in December 1642.
The green crab's native range extends along the Atlantic coasts of Europe and northern Africa from Norway and the British Isles south of Mauritania.
He was a great explorer who discovered New Zealand but more importantly Tasmania and the 4 coasts of Australia and took possession of a couple of Fijian Islands.
Neither, it's not even found in Norse mythology although similar sea monsters are described. The Kraken supposedly dwelt off the coasts of Iceland and Norway.
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