The fjord Milford Sound and soaring waterfalls Bashny.Net

Milford Sound is located in the South-West of the South Island in New Zealand. This picturesque fjord is one of the most famous attractions of the country. Carved by glaciers during ice ages, the fjord is 15-19 kilometers long and 3 kilometers wide. Directly from the water's edge are steep cliffs, some of which reach 1,500 metres in height. These rocks falling hundreds of waterfalls, occasionally amplifying, or disappearing.




Milford Sound is one of the wettest places in the world. Rain pours here 182 days a year, and during these days of the cloud rushes down 268 inches of water. Especially in rainy days as much as 10 inches of rain may fall within 24 hours. Milford Sound looks particularly gorgeous when it rains. As the “wall of tears” in Hawaii, the rainfall creates dozens of temporary waterfalls flowing cascade from the cliffs of the cliffs. Some of the waterfalls reach thousands of meters in length. Most of the smaller waterfalls, however, never reaches the ground is called floating waterfalls. One of these waterfalls — Sutherland to the South of the fjord.




Milford Sound is located in latitudes, characterized by almost constant strong westerly wind. The wind here can easily pass thousands of miles away, yet suddenly is greeted by a huge wall of the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Trapped in the narrow "gate" of Milford Sound, a strong wind rushes along the fjord until it reaches the walls of the cliff, where it rises sharply against the falling flow of the waterfall.



Attacked by strong storm, the white streams of waterfalls are blown away sideways along the surface of the rock, and some even rise up. Countless tourists from the cruise ships admire this unforgettable sight. There is also a trail of Milford, one of the most exotic Hiking trails.





At that time, as Milford Sound is not the only place in the world offering such kind of no other place where this phenomenon is seen on such a scale and so often.

Source: lifeglobe.net/