Naturally, many local and foreign mountain climbers come here for the challenge of these Southern Alps.

自然而然地，许多国内外的登山家来到此地挑战南半球的阿尔卑斯山脉。

Some of the world's best mountain scenery is available within the 500-kilometer long chain of the Southern Alps.

一些举世无双的山光水色可在这绵延500公里长的南阿尔卑斯山脉之间欣赏到。

In the South Island, there are the Southern Alps with Mount Cook (3,754 m), the highest mountain in New Zealand.

在南部的岛，有南阿尔卑斯山和库克山（3,754米），这是新西兰最高的山。

Fox Glacier descends through the Southern Alps to the temperate river forest, which is only 300 meters above sea level.

福克斯冰川穿过南阿尔卑斯山下降到海拔仅300米的温带河流森林。

So as a consequence, moist air blowing with the prevailing winds will almost immediately hit the Southern Alps which will form clouds that dump a torrential amount of rainfall all across the narrow Western Coastal strip.

因此，随着盛行风吹来的潮湿空气几乎会立即吹到南阿尔卑斯山上，形成云层，在狭窄的西海岸地带降下大量暴雨。

Over the past 45 million years, the collision of these two plates here has thrust up 20 kilometers worth of rocks to form the Southern Alps running along nearly the entire length of the whole South Island.

在过去的4500万年里，这两个板块的碰撞推升了 20 公里厚的岩石，形成了几乎贯穿整个南岛的南阿尔卑斯山。

The causes of these " Tussock" grasslands are poor soils in the centre of the North Island, and a rain shadow in the South Island east of the Southern Alps that reduces rainfall significantly.

形成这些“丛生” 草原的原因是北岛中部土壤贫瘠，而南岛南阿尔卑斯山以东的雨影区导致降雨量大幅减少。