located_in_the_administrative_territorial_entity silver lake wilderness area
___MASK64___ is an island nation in the southwestern ___MASK50___ . The country geographically comprises two main landmasses  that ___MASK69___ the North Island , or Te Ika - a - Mui , and the ___MASK5___ , or Te Waipounamu  and numerous smaller islands . ___MASK64___ is situated some ___MASK19___ ___MASK69___ Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly south ___MASK69___ the Pacific island areas ___MASK69___ New ___MASK37___ , Fiji , and ___MASK3___ . Because ___MASK69___ its remoteness , it was one ___MASK69___ the last lands to be settled by humans . During its long period ___MASK69___ isolation , ___MASK64___ developed a distinct biodiversity ___MASK69___ animal , fungal and plant life . The country ' s varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks , such as the Southern Alps , owe much to the tectonic uplift ___MASK69___ land and volcanic eruptions . ___MASK64___ ' s capital city is Wellington , while its most populous city is Auckland . ___MASK22___ ( French : ) is a country in the ___MASK12___ half of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest country by total area and the fourth - largest country by land area . ___MASK22___ ' s border with the United States is the world ' s longest land border . The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . ___MASK22___ is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the country ' s population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its capital is ___MASK94___ , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , ___MASK51___ , Edmonton , ___MASK70___ City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . The Adirondack Mountains form a massif in the northeast ___MASK69___ Upstate ___MASK55___ in the United States . Its boundaries correspond to the boundaries ___MASK69___ Adirondack Park . The mountains form a roughly circular dome , about in diameter and about high . The current relief owes much to glaciation . The Adirondack Park Agency ( APA ) was created in 1971 by ___MASK55___ Governor Nelson Rockefeller as a governmental agency that performs long - range planning for the future of the Adirondack Park . It oversees development plans of private land - owners as well as activities within the Adirondack Forest Preserve . Development by private owners must be reviewed to determine if their plan is compatible with the park . The agency is headquartered in Ray Brook , ___MASK55___ . A wilderness area is a region where the land is in a natural state ; where impacts from human activities are minimal  that is , as a wilderness . It might also be called a " wild " or " natural " area . Especially in wealthier , industrialized nations , it has a specific legal meaning as well : as land where development is prohibited by law . Many nations have designated Wilderness Areas , including ___MASK30___ , Canada , New Zealand , South Africa and the United States . Upstate ___MASK55___ is the portion of the American state of ___MASK55___ lying north of ___MASK55___ City . The region includes most of the state of ___MASK55___ , excluding ___MASK55___ City and its environs , as well as Long Island , though the precise boundary is debated . Upstate ___MASK55___ includes the major cities of Buffalo , Rochester , Albany , and Syracuse . ___MASK30___ , officially the Commonwealth of ___MASK30___ , is a country comprising the ___MASK1___ of the Australian continent , the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands . It is the world ' s sixth - largest country by total area . The neighbouring countries are ___MASK62___ , Indonesia and East Timor to the north ; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north - east ; and New Zealand to the south - east . ___MASK30___ ' s capital is Canberra , and its largest urban area is Sydney . Wilderness or wildland is a natural environment on ___MASK61___ that has not been significantly modified by civilized human activity . It may also be defined as : " The ___MASK92___ intact , undisturbed wild natural areas left on our planet  those last truly wild places that humans do not control and have not developed with roads , pipelines or other industrial infrastructure ." An inholding is privately owned land inside the boundary ___MASK69___ a national park , national forest , state park , or similar publicly owned , protected area . In - holdings result from private ownership ___MASK69___ lands predating the designation ___MASK69___ the park or forest area , or the expansion ___MASK69___ the park area to encompass the privately owned property . In the United States , the main causes ___MASK69___ inholdings is that all ___MASK69___ the Federal land - management agencies were formed over a century after the government sold and issued land grants to private citizens to fund the administration ___MASK69___ the United States . When the park system was formed , many ___MASK69___ these now - called " in - holdings " had been in private ownership for generations and not available for ___MASK82___ when the park was formed . Over the last several decades , conservation groups have lobbied the United States Congress to acquire private residences especially within designated wilderness areas , either by direct purchase or via land exchange which trades the inholding for other federal lands located outside ___MASK69___ national parks or wilderness areas . The Silver Lake Wilderness Area , an Adirondack Park unit ___MASK69___ the Forest Preserve , is located in the towns ___MASK69___ Lake Pleasant , Benson , Wells and Arietta in Hamilton County and is roughly bounded on the north by NY 8 and private lands near Piseco Lake , Oxbow Lake , Hamilton Lake , Sand Lake and Lake Pleasant ; on the ___MASK19___ by NY 30 ; on the south generally by the Hamilton County line ; and on the west by NY 10 , the West Branch ___MASK69___ the Sacandaga River and the Piseco Outlet . The area contains 48 bodies ___MASK69___ water covering 569 acres ( 2 . 3 km2 ) , 26 . 5 miles ( 42 . 6 km ) ___MASK69___ foot trails , and 2 lean - tos . ___MASK41___ Africa , officially the Republic ___MASK69___ ___MASK41___ Africa ( RSA ), is the southernmost country in Africa . It is bounded on the south by ___MASK69___ coastline ___MASK69___ Southern Africa stretching along the ___MASK41___ Atlantic and ___MASK66___ Oceans , on the north by the neighbouring countries ___MASK69___ ___MASK15___ , Botswana and Zimbabwe , and on the east and northeast by Mozambique and ___MASK60___ , and surrounding the kingdom ___MASK69___ Lesotho . ___MASK41___ Africa is the 25th - largest country in the world by land area , and with close to 56 million people , is the world ' s 24th - most populous nation . It is the southernmost country on the mainland ___MASK69___ the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere . It is the only country that borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the ___MASK66___ Ocean . About 80 percent ___MASK69___ ___MASK41___ Africans are ___MASK69___ Sub - Saharan African ancestry , divided among a variety ___MASK69___ ethnic groups speaking different Bantu languages , nine ___MASK69___ which have official status . The remaining population consists ___MASK69___ Africa ' s largest communities ___MASK69___ European ( white ), Asian ( ___MASK66___ ), and multiracial ( coloured ) ancestry . A ___MASK36___ is a natural flowing watercourse , usually ___MASK68___ , flowing towards an ocean , sea , lake or another ___MASK36___ . In some cases a ___MASK36___ flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water . Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream , creek , brook , rivulet , and rill . There are no official definitions for the generic term ___MASK36___ as applied to geographic features , although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size . Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location ; examples are " run " in some parts of the United States , " burn " in Scotland and northeast England , and " beck " in northern England . Sometimes a ___MASK36___ is defined as being larger than a creek , but not always : the language is vague . The Adirondack Park is a part ___MASK69___ ___MASK55___ ' s Forest Preserve in Upstate ___MASK55___ , United States . The park ' s boundary corresponds to the Adirondack Mountains . Unlike most preserves , about 52 per cent ___MASK69___ the land is privately owned inholdings heavily regulated by the Adirondack Park Agency . This area contains 102 towns and villages , as well as numerous farms , businesses , and an active timber harvesting industry . The year - round population is 132 , 000 , with 200 , 000 seasonal residents . The inclusion ___MASK69___ human communities makes the park one ___MASK69___ the great experiments in conservation in the industrialized world . The Sacandaga ___MASK36___ is a ___MASK36___ in the ___MASK12___ part of ___MASK55___ in the United States . Its name comes from the Native American " Sa - chen - da '- ga ", meaning " overflowed lands ".