n r n 
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system of ravines and ridges is to be found in the fact that 
the palaeozoic rocks forming the main range, have been at a very 
early period subjected to intensive pressure, the effect of which has 
been to crumple them up into huge folds, the upper portions of 
Lakes. 
IL Brunner. 
. Sumner. 
. Coleridge. 
14. Heron. 
E. Ellesmere. 
T. Tekapo. 
P. Pukaki. 
0. Ohau. 
11. Ilawea. 
W. Wanaka. 
a 
General direction of the Dividing 
Range E 35° N. 
Strike of the strata N E. 
Direction of valleys , varying from 
N 82 0 e to S 30° W. 
Pleistocene Moraines from accord- 
ing to outlines by Dr. J. llaast. 
Okarita road. 
Mountains, 
k. Kaimatau. 
as. Arrosmith. 
t. Tyndall, 
j. Keith Johnstone. 
р. Petermann. 
с. Cook. 
b. Beaumont, 
d. Delabeche. 
h. Hooker, 
da. Dana, 
a. Aspiring. 
The general structure of the Southern Alps 
reduced from a map by E. Dobson C. E 
Rivers. 
1. Hurunui. 
2. Waipara. 
3. Kowai. 
4. Ashley. 
5. Waimakariri. 
6. Selvyn. 
7. Rakaia. 
8. Ashburton. 
9. Rangitata. 
10. Orari. 
11. Opihi. 
12. Pareora. 
13. Otaio. 
14. Waihao. 
15. Waitaki. 
16. Makarora. 
17. Hunter. 
18. Hopkins. 
19. Dobson. 
20. Tasman. 
21. Jollie. 
22- Cass. 
23. Godley. 
24. Macaulay. 
25. Havelock. 
26. Clyde. 
27. Harper. 
28. Poulter. 
29. Teramakau. 
30. llaast. 
which have been removed leaving the remaining portions of the 
strata standing up on edge, either in a vertical position, or at very 
steep inclinations. The strike of the beds, corresponding with the 
