地球的力量 第一集 火山(10)雄偉壯麗的山脈

This is what happens when the plates move apart.

我們已經看到了板塊分裂時發(fā)生了什么

But when they collide,the results can be even moredramatic.

但是當它們互相碰撞的時候給人的印象會更加深刻

the collision of Earth's plates is responsible for the most spectacular mountain ranges in ourplanet.

地球板塊互相碰撞形成了雄偉壯麗的山脈

Like the Southern Alps in New Zealand.

就像新西蘭的南阿爾卑斯

these stunning peaks run 500 kilometers along the west coast,

這些壯麗的山峰在西海岸邊延綿了500公里

forming a dramatic span down the island.

順著島嶼形成了美麗的山脊

Tens of millions of years ago,

一千萬年前

the collision of the Pacific and Australian plates

太平洋板塊和澳大利亞板塊互相碰撞

created the New Zealand we know today.

形成了我們今天熟知的新西蘭版圖

Along the collision zone, the land was buckled

在碰撞地帶 大地變的崎嶇不平

and a line of mountains rose up.

形成了一座山脈

New Zealand's mountains are around 5 million years old

新西蘭的山脈大約是在500萬年前形成的

That may sound ancient

那聽起來好像很古遠了

but it is just an geological blink of eye.

但是從地理學的角度來說只是一眨眼的功夫

yet even in that short timescale, these peaks have grown into giants.

然而甚至會在很短的時間內 小山峰變成巨大山脈

many over 10,000 feet high.

很多會超過1萬英尺高