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The fiords were carved out and the erosive effect of a glacier during the last ice age formed the dramatic landscape feature. The beautiful fiords are located at the northern most end of Fiord land National Park on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. They have become a national icon. Some of the sounds are approximately as high as a thousand meters. It is filled with spectacular natural features that create a remote and rugged beauty. It provides a waterfall-rich backdrop for hiking, biking, skiing, flight seeing, kayaking and boat cruises. The amazing thing is that boat cruises can be done during the day and at night too, this is one of the excellent way to experience the amazing scenery. It attracts tourists from all over the world because its breath taking in any weather. It is always raining because of the dense rainforests. The Sounds have numerous waterfalls that attract even the most experienced traveler in the world. The Sounds are one of the most accessible fiords in New Zealand, as they can be accessed by road and despite this fact, it remains still and quiet. It is bounded by the steep cliffs and the very dense rainforest. It is situated approximately 16km from the fiord to the sea, which makes it accessible for the visiting tourist to comfortably travel along its length and return to the ocean via one of the many cruise ships that tour here. It is believed that the Fiords were discovered about a thousand years ago. The sounds also have an intriguing and unique underwater environment, one of the most rated beautiful environments in the world, and the marine reserves that exist also have an interesting effect of the high rainfall in the area. As the rainfall drains through the lush rainforests, it becomes stained with a tannin color of strong tea. The Sounds have an annual mean rainfall of 6,813 millimeters (mm). It is known as the wettest inhabited place in New Zealand and one of the wettest places in the world. In a day, the rainfall can reach up to 250mm during a span of 24 hours. Due the large amount of rain that falls in this place, the Sounds have dozens of temporary waterfalls that go down through the cliffs and the vast rainforests, some reaching a thousand meters high. Some smaller falls do not reach that height, they break and others even drift away in the wind. Now, you can take a trip to the amazing Milford Sound to experience this natural wonder.
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