Mauna Kea: the world's tallest mountain
- Author:
- National Geographic,
- Title:
- Mauna Kea: the world's tallest mountain
- Periodical:
- National Geographic
- Year:
- 2012
- Subject:
- Mauna Kea
- Summary:
- This document describes a brochure that provides an illustration of Mauna Kea from sea base to mountain top, with examples of fauna at each zone of the flank of Mauna Kea. Here, the Wekiu bug is described that occurs at an alpine stone desert that is located between the 12,800-13,796 foot elevation, the Hawaiian petrel that occurs at an alpine shrubland that is located between the 9,500-12,800 foot elevation, the Palila that occurs at the subalpine woodland that is located between the 6,600-9,500 foot elevation, the Iiwi that occurs at the montane forest that is located between the 3,000-6,600 foot elevation, the Hawaiian hawk that occurs at lowland that is located from sea level to the 3,000 foot elevation. Below sea level, there are sunlight zones, twilight realms, midnight zones, abyss, and bases.
- Label:
- Mauna Kea - General
- Date:
- September 2012
- Collection:
- Periodicals