eno factbook
ENO FACTBOOK NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
OCTOBER 2003
ENO FACTBOOK NATURAL ENVIRONMENT CONTENTS
Pataluoto School Assam Valley School Mutoko Gvt Secondary Eno Secondary School St Joseph's Secondary School Gymnasium #10 Marondera High School Eno Senior High School West Kildonan Collegiate Economics Braca Radic Uimaharju Secondary School Louhioja School State Middle School “Leonardo da Vinci” Otilia Cazimir Secondary School Open Community School “Zari” Alexander Dawson School Punahou School ZS Vrane nad Vlatou Bai Kabibai English School & Junior College Gymnazium "Parvoz" CATEK-Bonge School
page FI07 Finland 2 IN01 India 3 ZW10 Zimbabwe 4 FI02 Finland 5 IE01 Ireland 6 KZ01 Kazakhstan 8 ZW02 Zimbabwe 9 FI03 Finland 10 CA03 Canada 11 HR02 Croatia 12 FI06 Finland 13 FI05 Finland 14 IT02 Italy 15 RO06 Romania 16 GE01 Georgia 17 US01 United States 18 US07 United States 19 CZ01 Czech Republic 20 IN02 India 21 UZ01 Uzbekhistan 22 KE01 Kenya 23
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Long and dark, lasts here about 5 months. Coldest months Jan and Feb ( average –10 C). Snow depth at highest on March, average about 70 cm. Shortest season, from mid April to the end of May. Snow melts usually in the end of April. From June to August, three months. The highest precipitation in August, the warmest month is July. From September to October. The first snow comes here on average in the end of October. Our continental location makes our winter colder than in the south or in the coastal Finland. In summer the temperature is more the same in every part of Finland. Gulf stream rises temperature and it’s more warm in Finland compared with the same latitude ( 60-64 N) in the other parts of world Very little. We don’t have mountains or high hills here. It’s quite flat here, only some small hills. The heighest hill ( 347 ) is called Koli. We belong to northern boreal forest zone. About 70% of our land area is covered by forests. The most common trees are pine, spruce and birch. There are lots of peatlands in the area.
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IN01 26046.914 N and 92044.725 E
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108 metres
Describe your climate and nature with few words:
It is remarkably pleasant and cool. The air is fresh and clean and lends itself to healthy living. It’s quite shady because of the enormous number of trees. Its rains quite a lot in the rainy season and is quite hot in the summers rising to 32ºC.
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Winter is cool and clear with temperate nights. Spring is quite nice out here and pleasant winds blow throughout this period of year. Even in May, the warmest time of year, the temperature rarely rises above 32ºC. Cool nights and winters and warm afternoons. Due to the location of some river and water bodies it sometimes causes a lot of humidity in the summers especially.
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The climate is cool and nice out here. In the summers the temperature rises barely above 330 C and in the winters ’s it barely falls below 250 C and the average temperature is 290 C. Nice and pleasant winds blow out here which is good for the health and growth of the people. But sometimes its quite humid.
Summer Autumn continental or coastal location effects on climate sea currents/ planetary wind systems effect How elevation effects on climate?
It doesn’t affect much.
A description on your landscape patterns: A description on your vegetation
Our landscape is very cool and beautiful. It has got a number of hill type of elevation where we play and ride our bicycles etc. we have got a very cool and green environment
It doesn’t affect much.
There are a huge number of trees with a large number of football fields. There are all sorts of graves, ranging from Guava trees to trees of berry. It has many gardens with all sorts of flowers of all colours, shapes and is looked after quite well.
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School ID Location; Elevation
ZW10 15’ 22S / 25’ 33E Fairly high up over 1000m above distance from the sea.300KM from Indian ocean
OUR CAPITAL CITY HARARE
WINTER SUMMER AUTUMN AND SPRING How sea currents affect our climate? How elevation affects local climate?
A description on our vegetation
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The Mozambique current brings warm water to the coastal areas and therefore warm moist air is often brought into Zimbabwe by the prevailing easterly and southeasterly wind. When these winds are forced to rise over the eastern border highlands rainfall results. This type is called relief / orographic rainfall. Zimbabwe lies within the tropics. It is fairly high up mainly over 1000m above sea. Therefore does not have very high temperature often experienced within the tropics. Because temperature decreases with height above sea level. Air near the ground is denser. The heat is more easily trapped at low altitude than on high mountain tops where the is thinner. Most of Zimbabwe consists of savannah grasslands, which include scattered to densely growing bushes of trees. Many areas have been cleared for agriculture and settlement. Large areas of planted forest commercial use are found in the eastern highlands.
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FI02 62,8 N 30,2 E 127 m Amount of rain
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School ID Location (lat./long. ) Elevation Climate description: Make a climate diagram of your area, nearest data you can get. You can do this with Excel or make a scanned image. Here’s a model: The blue line is the average temperature and red bars the amount of average monthly precipitation. In temperature, please use Celsius and millimetres ( mm ) in precipitation
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It`s really cold and icy and it snows a lot. It gets dark early, you can see the stars well. And the air is clean and bright. It rains a lot and it´s quite warm. And the ground is full of wet snow. In summer the Sun shines a lot and it´s warm, about 20-30 º C There is too thunderstorms and it´s rains sometimes. Autumn is rainy and cold, but there´s also beatiful glowing autumn forest.The sun shines sometimes. Because we live in continent we have very long and snowy winters.
Winds do not effect our climate quite much, because we are not close coastal or mountains etc. Gulfstream makes our climate warmer during whole year. Elevation doesn`t effect in here at all. Lots of hills and forests. We have coniferous forest everywhere.
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To find our mean temp and rainfall figures we contacted the met. office in Mullingar which is 10 miles from our school. We were able to get statistics for a 30 year period. As you can see we get a lot of rain in Ireland and it never gets too hot or too cold. Our climate is totally influenced by the fact that we are a small island surrounded by the Atlantic and Irish Sea.
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Winter in Ireland is between the months Nov – Jan. In winter it is windy, wet , dark and cold. By December it is dark at 17.30 and the sun does not rise until after 8.00 am. We get very little snow and when we do it rarely lasts for more than a day or two. When frost comes the roads can be slippy and sometimes schools have to close down for a number of days. In Winter everyone looks forward to Chirstmas which is a happy family time. Jan and Feb can be pretty wet and miserable but everyone looks forward to Spring which is a lovely time in Ireland. “ If Winter Comes Can Spring Be Far Behind” February, March and April are our Spring months. The countryside springs to life and everywhere looks fresh and green. Everyone looks forward to the daffodils and snowdrops and the lengthening evenings. The temperature begins to rise and its always nice to see the lambs in the fields. Spring is an important time for our farmers. Crops are sown and the countryside is busy. The birds build nests in spring and everyone begins to look forward to the Summer. St.Patrick’s Day and Easter and the highlights of Springtime. During summer we usually get a few weeks of very hot weather. We do not get extreme Temperatures. Temperatures range from 14- 25 C. We still get rain but not as much as in Winter. Schools close for June, July and August so it is a favourite time for students.Summer days in Ireland are long and bright. Tourists flock to the country during the Summer months especially from England and America. Since our economy has improved many Irish people now travel abroad for Summer holidays. Mediterranean countries are a particularly popular destination. It’s a busy time for farmers sowing and reaping their crops.
Autumn means back to school. In Autumn trees loose their leaves and the countryside takes on a lovely russet colour. Nights get longer, the clocks are put back one hour. Temperatures drop gradually and farmers reap their grain harvests. Hedgehogs, badgers, bats and squirrels hibernate for the Winter. August and September can be two of our nicest months.
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How continental or coastal location effects on your climate?
How sea currents or planetary wind systems effect on your climate?
How elevation effects on your climate? A description on your landscape patterns:
Because Ireland is an island the influence of the sea has a huge bearing on our climate. The North Atlantic Drift, a warm current of water originating in the Gulf of Mexico, passes by our west coast and keeps our winter temperatures higher than most places at a similar latitude. Our Summer temperatures are kept cooler due the influence of the sea. It is surprising on a small island how rainfall figures vary from the west coast to the east coast. On the west coast it is not unusual to get over 1000mm of rainfall each year whereas in the midlands or on the east coast it could be as low as 600mm. Because the prevailing winds move from a south westerly direction over our country we are constantly inthe path of low pressure depressions which bring the rain. Rainfall usually lasts for a couple of hours followed by some hours of sunshine and maybe more showers. It is unusual to get more than three or four days without rainfall at any time of the year. The influence of the sea on our climate make our weather very unpredictable. The North atlantic Drift, has a huge influence on our climate. It keeps our winters and summers milder than you might expect for a country at 53 degrees North. Frost and snow are rare occurrences on the south west coast but wind and rain are plentiful. The South Westerlies bring a constant supply of moisture laden air which deposits its precipitation on the West Coast. The weather is always changing in Ireland and in any one day you can get wind rain, sunshine, and occasionally snow. We call this “Changeable weather” There are no very high mountains in Ireland so elevation is not a huge factor in our climate. Ireland is shaped like a saucer with the highest mountains along the coast and an undulating interior. The highest mountains in Ireland are just over 1000 meters.
The village where our school is located is called Rochfortbridge. It is 53 25 north of the equator and 7 degrees 17min west of Greenwich. Rochfortbridge is 440 feet above sea level.It is situated in County Westmeath in the centre of Ireland. Our county has a population of 63,313 people within an area of 710 sq miles. There are three large lakes in our county. Our area is mainly farmland but the towns are growing rapidly. Peatlands are also a feature of our area. These lands are cultivated for peat which powers electricity producing stations. Eskers – glacial gravel ridges are another unique feature of our landscape. The area can be best described as undulating. The nearest mountains to us are the Slieve Blooms 20 miles to the south of the area. The underlying bedrock in the midlands is Carboniferous Limestone. It is covered by thick glacial deposits on which rich fertile soils have developed.
A description on your vegetation
www.iol.ie/~stjsrbge/page9.html Undulating landscape. Grasslands for cattle. Very little tillage. Peatlands with rare plants – sundew, asphodel, heather, sphagnum mosses, lichen. Eskers usually colonised by native trees – Birch, elder, ask, oak, holly, etc.
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KZ01 50N81E 120 m Climate Diagram of Ust-Kamenogorsk city, Kazakhstan,2002 30 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30
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We can say that our winters are considered to be the coldest after northern areas, because of sharply continental climate, therefore winters in Ust-Kamenogorsk are very inclement. If we compare winter’s temperature with the temperature of last years we can see that column of thermometer rises higher. If the frost can be during several months in 2000 year and reach 45-47 degrees, but now frosts can last for about one week and maximum temperature can reach 35 degrees. Forecasters propose that temperature will be about –25 –30 degrees this winter. If the temperature reaches 40 degrees below zero, schools in our city do not work. Precipitations in winter can be different too. It can be rain, snow or storm and even hails. The height of snow covered was 2- 2,5 meters some years ago, now it’s about 0,5 meters.
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Spring is the most beautiful season. The nature wakes up from the dream. The warmest month is May. Its temperature is about 25 degree. The most raining month is April, but the coldest month is March. Sometimes it can be snowing and sleeting. As far as the climate in Eastern Kazakhstan is sharply continental we have severe hot climate in summer. Almost each summer the average temperature of July is 25 degrees Celsius. We have dry wind and sun shining. Nights are cold but days are hot. The hottest month is July. The weather tends to change some times a day. Now because of influence of ecology and other external factors it’s been changing. The summers are getting colder and falls are getting warmer. In our East Kazakhstan the coldest autumn month is November. Average temp is 10 – 15 degrees. It is often raining and sometimes it can be snowing or hailing. The warmest fall month is September, an IndianSummer.In the morning temp is about 0, but in the afternoon daily it reaches 15-20 degree. We have huge daily and yearly amplitude of temperature; the quantity of precipitation is not big. Winter and summer are very contrasting with its temperature and weather.
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Our location and its effects on climate? How sea currents or planetary wind systems effect on your climate? How elevation effects on your climate? A description on your landscape patterns:
A description on your vegetation
Our city is separated from the oceans and is in the centre of Eurasia. This territory is open to Arctic Current influence but isolated from Currents of Indian Ocean by high Asian mountains.It’s south part of temperate climatic zone, so there is West to East wind mass shift in cyclones and anticyclones.It’s the zone of temperate humidity that rises with the height. 50N location makes the wind system divide as western and southern to the North and northern and eastern to the South. The elevation of Kazakhstan is 120 meters. There are 2 rivers in our city but our location is too far from the oceans that are why our country has sharply continental climate. Eastern Kazakhstan is very unique It is Eurasian region. Steppe, desert, mountain and forest landscapes neighbor each other keeping themselves more than a half of the country’s flora and wild life.Eastern Kazakhstan is a land of woods. Very often they appear to be impenetrable thickets forming a dense prickly wall, where all trees and herbs are tightly inter-winding around each other. Alpine stony landscapes add a special charm to the land.The steppe and deserts eternity and magnificence, the valleys with whimsical windings of the rivers and creeks, the noise of the rapid waters, grassland, area of land covered with grass where are few trees make the region unbelievably beautiful. Birch forest tree growing in northern countries with a smooth bark and slender branches Currant small black, red or white juicy fruit growing in clusters. Fir conifer with leaves like needles; wood of this tree. Honeysuckle climbing shrub with sweet-smelling yellow or red flowers. Larch deciduous tree with small cones and light-green leaves. Poplar tall, straight, fastgrowing tree; its wood. Spruce kinds of fir-tree grown in plantations for its wood, used for making paper.
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How continental or coastal location effects on your climate? How sea currents or planetary wind systems effect on your climate? How elevation effects on your climate? A description on your landscape patterns: A description on your vegetation
We have a Tropical Continental Climate. Rainfall and Temperature are affected by altitude. Marondera is in the middle veld thus cool climate is experienced generally and rainfall is received mostly in Summer. It is generally cool and dry stretching from late May to early August. Long nights and short days are experienced. There is very little or no rainfall and temperatures are around 150C on average. Warm and dry season stretching from mid-August to November. Usually windy and dusty. Trees lose their leaves and new fresh ones begin to blossom. The rain season begins at the end of spring. A rainy season characterised by high temperatures of around 25-300C.It stretches from Mid-November to mid-March. Convectional and relief rainfall is experienced and the maximum precipitation is experienced in December and January with a mean of 190mm. This is the post rain season and it is usually hot and dry with clear skies. no precipitation is usually experienced during this time. Autumn stretches from mid-March to May. We are affected by the Continental location since we are land locked and the Mozambican currencies usually reach this area after losing most of its moisture to the mountainous eastern highlands. Warm air circulates within the area mostly due to the inland location of Marondera. Mozambican currents from the Indian Ocean bring the relief rainfall to the area as warm most air is forced to rise due to the mountainous nature of the place. Planetary winds also affect the area bringing warm and moist characteristics from (DRC) Congo. Since we are on a relatively highland, the area is cool . It is a diverse landscape with hilly and depression features and some areas are plateau like. Relatively long grass with scattered tall indigenous trees like “Msasa”, “Munhondo”and some few areas with exotic trees.
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Snow Cover is in winter about 1 meter, Average temperature is about –15 C, But sometimes its getting colder(For example last winter –40 C)Winter usually starts in November and ends in the end of March. Spring usually starts in the end of March and ends in the end of May. Average temperature is about –5 C +5 C. Usually it rains in Spring. Summer starts in the June and ends in the end of August. Average temperature is about +15 C but sometimes its much warmer( in last summer +35 C) Average temperature is about –5 C - +5 C. Autumn starts in the beginning of September and continues to the November. Finland is effected by the Asien continent(in the summer it rise the temperatures and in the winter it drops the temperatures.) and by the Atlantic Ocean(It brings moist and makes temperature divercities much smaller.) Gulf stream rises temperatures few degrees. There are two winds(warm south-western and western winds and cold eastern wind)which are crashing together. That effects in temperaturesÆThat produces moving cyclones. Eno is a located 128 metres above the sea. Elevation doesn’t effect much to the climate. Gulf stream, planetary wind systems and location between Asian continent and Atlantic ocean effects more to the climate than elevation. The Hightest place is Koli (347meters) but there are lots of little hills here. Heightdifferences are small here. Belongs to the northern boreal forests area and 70% of Finlands area is covered by forests. The most common trees are pine, spruce and birch. There are lots of peatlands in the area. Pulp mill has polluted the water of the river Pielinen in the late 1970s.
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CA03 49N 97W 239m Winnipeg Climate Graph
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How continental or coastal location effects on your climate?
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Winnipeg winters usually last about 6 months, but it can vary from year to year. There is useally lots of snow, and the air is quite dry and cold. Temperatures range from about -15 to -25 (degrees C), but when the winds pick up, the added windshield factor can sometimes drop temperatures to below -40 Spring is usually delayed until the end of August, then mild temperatures and south winds cause the snow to melt quite quickly, resulting in high water levels and sometimes flooding. Hot and humid! Plenty of sun and rain, with temperatures between 20 and 30. The only really unbearable part of summer is the humidity, which can make you feel that your living in a sauna some days. Most people try to escape the city and head out to the lakes to pursue water activities. Odd time of year for temperatures, one week they can be at 15 degrees, then the next it’s -5. Early in the season there is cold rain that puts a hold on harvest, then later it’s mostly dry, with a good share of crisp sunny days and dark, cloudy ones where we can sometimes get a snowfall in. (there is usually some snow on the ground in November). By the end of October, the huge flocks of birds, ducks, and geese have disappeared from the sky, leaving the tiny sparrow and chickadee, to fend off the coming winter. Being directly in the centre of the North American continent leaves Winnipeg with and extreme temperature graph, ranging nearly 70 degrees (C) between winter and summer. Winnipeg never sees many tropical storm, and on the rare occasion will we be warned of a tornado. As a result of planetary winds, we will usually receive hot, humid summers, with a break up of a wind storm. In the winter one household word we all know is a “Colorado Low” which, if it comes our way, can bring us severe blizzards. Our average elevation coincides with Winnipeg’s central location, in that it provides us with an extreme temperature range. Being on the prairie in the centre of the continent makes Winnipeg’s landscape very flat. Outside of the city is mostly farmland, except in areas where the buildup of limestone gravel make wonderful wooded areas for many wildlife. The prairie falters off in the east into the Canadian Shield, which is heavily wooded, hilly, and consists of many spring-fed lakes. Areas around the city are mostly farm land, and lightly wooded with deciduous trees such as poplar, oak, dogwood, and willow. In places where the land is cleared, but not kept up, you can see the old natural grasses and wild flowers of the prairie (only 1% of Manitoba consists of it’s untouched natural prairie grasses)
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Typical continental climate. Cold and long winters with a lot of snow. Trees are bare and there is no work in the field. Vegetation starts in March, everything is green and in blossom. During summers wheat is harvested and in the autumn all kinds of fruit, grapes and vegetables are collected. Moderately cold Springs are sunny and warm. Summers are hot and dry. Long and warm Continental location favourbly effects on our climate.
How planetary wind system effect on your climate?
Moderately winds effects on our climate.
How elevation effects on your climate?
It has no effect.
A description on your landscape patterns:
Mainly flat planes with a few solitary mountains and hills
A description on your vegetation
In our landscape is represented grassy vegetation, with oak-tree and Tutkery-oak.
Current ( or possible) environmental problems:
The biggest promblems are poisons gas from cars and garbage. This year the consequences of heavy droughts are present in agriculture. The level of the water in river is the lowest ever measured. Fish die out of lack of oxygen in many lakes.
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FI06 62N 30E 119 m C lim a te d ia g ram o f J o en s u u c ity, F in la n d 90
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We have four seasons: winter, snow and frost(DecemberFebruary), spring, snow melts and birds arrives, summer, sunny and all plants grow, autumn, leaves fall and nature is yellow and red. Winter is cold, dark and snowy. Winter wouldn’y be nothing without shining stars above a snowy landscape. The coldest temperature in here has been about -43 degrees. In spring snow is melting away. The sun is starting to shine more warmly. The nature turns green. Mean temperature in summer is about 17°C, the water of lakes is warm, usually the sun shines, but of course sometimes it rains. The leaves are falling away the trees. The temperature is falling. In the late autumn it starts to snow and the lakes freeze.
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Finland is continental and coastal climate, but there in East Finland we belong to continental climate. Gulf stream warms the climate of Finland ant that’s why in Finland it isn’t as cold as in Canada or Siberia for example ( on the same latitude ) It doesn’t affect in our climate. Plenty of lakes and hills (100-350m) Northern, eastern, paleartic coniferaus forest belt fauna We haven’t got big environmental problems.
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Winter Spring Summer Autumn How continental or coastal location effects on your climate? How sea currents or planetary wind systems effect on your climate? How elevation effects on your climate? A description on your landscape patterns: A description on your vegetation Current ( or possible ) environmental problems:
dark, cold, sometimes freezing ( - 30 C ), a lot of snow. Snow is melting away, sunny, quite warm. hot, temperature between + 10 C and + 30 C, beautiful, sunny, a lot of plants and flowers, long and light summer days, In June at Midsummer we have the night of the Midnight Sun. rainy, chilly, colourful, windy, sometimes stormy. Hot summers and cold winters are typical of the continental climate which we have here in Eastern Finland. The Gulf Stream brings warm air to the coast of Norway. Mild westwinds and south-west winds bring warm air from there to Finland. The elevation doesn`t effect on our climate at all. We have hills, but we have no higher mountains. The highest mountain is Koli here in Eastern Finland, 347 m above sea level. North Karelia belongs to the northern coni ferous forest belt zone. There is a lot of traffic.The traffic on land and sea causes pollution both in the air and in the River Pielisjoki.. There are landfills and dumps which are not allowed and which cause pollution. The factories in Uimaharju cause pollutation too.
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Winter is very cold,it often rains and sometimes snows. Days are short, it is dark at 5.00 p.m. Spring is a sweet season, days are longer and warmer, flowers bloom and plants become green It is hot and sunny, with a little rain but humid above all in our city. The temperature is often above 30-35° C In Autumn the leaves becomes yellow and they fall down the branches. The weather is often wet and cloudy, but we still have some sunny days We are in the middle of a big plain, so we often have foggy days in Autumn and Winter, and a humid summer where you can hardly breathe or sleep at night. We live far from the sea and we are surrrounded by the Alps and the Appennines (high mountains) so we are seldom reached by strong winds, but we often have a lot of fog We are in a sort of depression , that why there is a lot of humidity, fog and air pollution There are a lot of rice fields around our village with farms in the middle of them.There are some factories and an office centre with warehouses. There are houses and some blocks of flats in the village centre. Rice and corn fields,poplars along the ditches, pines lime-trees and oaks in parks and gardens.There is a very old Ginkgo biloba in a garden near the school
the “Goose Festival” held every year in September - October
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47°10’ N /26 E 251m
Climate description:
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Climate diagram of Jassy city 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20
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Cold winters. The coldest month is February with an average of -4°C. There are days when the temperature falls -25°C below 0. Sometimes it snows pretty much. Warm enough with temperatures that equals the multiannual one from 9 to -3°C, but lower than the autumn temperature. Hot with average temperatures of 20°C. The hottest month is July (an average of 21°C). Sometimes the temperature is 35°C. It is a dry season. Warm temperatures at the begining of September till mid November. In autumn it starts the rainy season with chilly winds. The annual thermical amplitude of 25°C determines a temperate-continental climate for Jassy with excessive nuances. The winds in our area are determined by general-local currents that circulate in the atmosphere and by the regional forms of relief. The river that crosses our town is Bahlui. There is also a Bahlui valley oriented NW-SE and it determines the major winds to blow from NW to E with an average of 4m/s. Being far from the ocean Jassy receives moderate quantities of water annually – an average of 533,7mm/m2 The relief implies low hills on the right and on the left of Bahlui river and hills and plateaus belonging to Jassy area on the right of this valley. The main hills in our area are: Sorogari 202m, Aroneanu 218m, Cetatuia 130m, Miroslava 183m, Socola 130m and Galata 180m. The vegetation is on many levels: steppe, forest steppe and forest. The steppe vegetation under 70m height is poor in species and it is destroyed because of human activities. The hills that surround our city has forest steppe vegetation with spots of forests and steppe with durmast trees, lime trees, elm trees, hornbeam trees, maple trees and ashtrees. Inside our city there are places protected such as Botanical Gardens, Exibition Park and very old trees such as a lime tree (150 years old) that is called Eminescu’s lime tree. Eminescu was one of the greatest Romanian poets. There is also an alley with poplars called evenpoplars(250 years old), gingko biloba. We had some environmental problems due to the industrial area that persist today. The air is very polluted because there are too many cars and factories. After the revolution many farmers destroyed a great number of forests and there are problems with the soil.
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School ID Location Elevation Climate diagram
GE01 41N 45E 370 m
Describe your climate and nature with few words:
Winter Spring Summer Autumn
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not cold very much and it seldom snows cool and often rains hot and wind blows often quite cold and often rainy
It is subtrobical climate in Rustavi
A description on your landscape patterns: A description on your vegetation Current ( or possible ) environmental problems:
Half-desert shrubs, big number of trees in old part of city, small number of trees in new part of city. deficit of clear water for drink
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SCHOOL ID US 01 LOCATION 40.007 N 105. W ELEVATION 1546m Boulder Climate DATA: (right)
WINTER
In Boulder in the winter it is cold. But, sometimes sunny but still has a chill in the air. It doesn’t snow that much, we usually get a few big snows though. In the mountains it is very snowy.
Spring
Spring is our rainiest time but we still don’t get that much rain, we also sometime get some snow in spring. (Mostly in April) Our rainfall from end of March to beginning of June in 2002, was 4.9 inches. Is our warmest season, it gets very hot, and at the very beginning of the summer we get some storms in the evening, but in the summer we still have hardly any rainfall.
Summer Autumn
Autumn stays pretty warm but then gets cold in October and November.
location & effect on climate.
Since we are at the base of the Rocky Mountains at 5,000 ft, it makes our climate a lot colder in the winter and a lot warmer and dryer all the time.
Wind and climate?
The mountains bring the wind down to Boulder, which is partly why we have such a dry climate.
How elevation effects on your climate? Landscape patterns:
We have the Rocky Mountains that catch most of the precipitation, which makes Boulder and other areas around the Rocky Mountains a lot dryer. It also makes it colder and dryer.
Vegetation:
Because we are at the base of the mountains, we do not have as much naturally green vegetation, it is a short grass prairie because of the mountains catching all the vegetation.
Boulder is right at the base of the mountains and the beginning of the great plains.
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School ID Location (lat./long. ) Elevation
US07
Seasons – only 2
Hawaii is in the tropics, where the length of day and temperature are relatively uniform throughout the year. Heavy rains, slightly lower temperatures Drier conditions; slightly higher temperatures Our coastal location serves to keep our temperatures consistent throughout the year. One half of Hawaii lies within 5 miles of the coast so the air brings mild temperatures from the surrounding ocean. The dominance of the trade winds and the influence of the mountainous terrain often cause slight showers.
October -March April - September How coastal location affects your climate? How sea currents or planetary wind systems effect on your climate? How elevation affects your climate? A description on your landscape patterns: A description on your vegetation
21N 157W 5m
Some people are surprised to find out that it snows on Mauna Kea due to its high elevation. The taller mountains modify the marine effect and result in semi-continental conditions in some locations. Hawaii has a mountainous terrain. 50% of Hawaii lies at an elevation above 2,000 ft. and 10% lies above 7,000 ft. There is great variety in the landscape since we also have coastal plains. Hawaii belongs to a rainforest zone. There are many native plants and trees, such as ohia lehua and ohelo, that have adapted to growing on newly erupted lava. Many other plants, such as pine trees, have been introduced through the years.
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School ID Location (lat./long.) Elevation
CZ01 49,9367 deg. North 14,3788 deg. East 240 m
Climate description:
The first Diagram of temperature in Prague (our capital) for 2 hundred years.
The second Diagram showes Monthly Total Precipitation in our village – Vrané nad Vltavou.
Describe your climate and nature with few words: Winter
Typical continental climate. In the last years there are repeated big changes – floods, dryness, gales It snows but not much, sometimes it only rains. The temperature is about 0ºC. A few days (10 – 15 days) are –10ºC -15ºC.
Spring
Springs are sunny and warmer. The temperature begins to rise. Everything looks fresh and green. The last years we had extreme temperatures (33 – 38ºC) and long time didn’t rain. It is still colder, trees loose their leaves, nights are longer, clocks are put back one hour. October is rainy. We are in the centre of the Europe we have worm summers and mild winters. Continental climate – in summer the temperature rises, in winter the temperature drops. Coastal influents, in winter sometimes it rains. Temperature isn’t so low. The effects on our climate are both continental and coastal. There are not very high mountains in the Czech Republic. The highest Sněžka has 1603 m, but our mountains are in winter under snow – skiing is favourite sport here. Mountains on the north-west bring the rain shadow. The village where our school is situated is called Vrané nad Vltavou. It is 10 km from our capital Prague. Mixed forests – spruces, pines, oaks, hornbeams, beeches, riparian forests
Summer Autumn How continental or coastal location effects on your climate?
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School ID Location (lat./long. ) Elevation
INO2 Maharashtra State, India. Latitude: 18.54°N , Longitude: 72.4°E
1,150 m
Climate description:. The yellow line is the average temperature and blue bars the amount of average monthly precipitation.
Average January temp: 24.5°C (76°F). Average July temp: 28.5°C (83°F). Average annual rainfall: 2160mm (85 inches) Jun-Sep.
Describe your climate and nature with few words:
Extreme climate, warm inland from April to mid-June falling to almost freezing at night in winter, between November and February. Summers are hot with monsoons between June and September. The climate is pleasant between October and March, blast- furnace hot between April and June, and dripping with humidity between July and September. There are no spring and Autumn seasons in India.
Winter Summer
Between November and February Between April and June
Monsoon How continental or coastal location effects on your climate?
between June and September. Being on the sea coast, the temperature undergoes little seasonal fluctuation. Humidity is often very high. Temperatures range from 19 to 34ºC. Rainfall between June and September averages2160mm Large-scale currents along the outer shelf and beyond, around India, reverse seasonally with the monsoon winds. The currents forming a continuum from the northern Bay of Bengal to the northern Arabian Sea. Sea level rise is likely to result in loss of land due to submergence of coastal areas and coast is vulnerable to the impacts of global warming . Due to extensive low lying coastal area , high population density , frequent occurrence of cyclones, storms and environmental degradation. Mumbai earlier was made of seven islands. The seven islands of Mumbai were joined together into one landmass through three centuries of reclamation. This one island is now 436 square kilometres in area (approximately 170 square miles), and is connected to the mainland by several bridges. The city which is a part of India's splendid coast, has a natural harbor. Because of its harbour, there is a wide bay between the city and the mainland, facing Africa and East Asia . The landscape is undulating with great panoramic views of hills, valleys, lakes and open patches. Borivali National Park (BNP) is a miraculously preserved green oasis in the center of an urban sprawl. This national park is One of the very few, perhaps the only one of its kind, that is surrounded by a metropolis.
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A description on your landscape patterns:
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Current ( or possible ) environmental problems:
As mumbai is the industrial and financial capital of the country , pollution and erosion due to excess of population, traffic, and industries the current environmental problems.
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School ID Location (lat./long. ) Elevation
Describe your climate and nature with few words:
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How sea currents or planetary wind systems effect on your climate?
How elevation effects on your climate? A description on your vegetation
UZ01 40,5N 71,8E 1400 m
Our climate is continental. That means, our climate can be changed suddenly – if we have sunny morning, we can have rainy evening. Our hottest month of the year are the middle of June – July – the middle of August. The rainiest months are November, December, April, May . Because of dry and hot weather our people wear special clothes - wide colored dresses made from atlas (special silk fabric) for women and for men white wide cotton shirts and special caps to protect from the sun – duppi. Many people from rural society build their houses using clay bricks, because in such houses it’s cool in hot summers and warm in our winters.The global ecological problem of our region is – Aral Sea is dieing, and it affects our climate a lot – more rains in autumn and springs, colder winters, etc. In Uzbekistan winter is short. It is not cold, warm enough. It’s foggy during December and January, because our valley is like “a bowl”, surraunded by high mountains. Sometimes we have snow (very seldom) and we can skate and ski only in the mountains. In winter we have many holidays and a wonderful 10 days school vacation. A lot of people in our region like spring . In Ferghana Valley spring begins at the second part of February. It’s very early. Everything around is green and blowing (trees and plants – tulips, poppies, etc.). Our parks and countriside are filled with merry songs of birds, which came back from warm lands (crows, sparrow, etc) Spring is a season of hope, happiness and love. We celebrate national holiday – Navruz, a moslem New Year. Summer is very beautiful season in Uzbekistan. In our region summer comes at the end of spring in May. There are many flowers, which have sweet smell in the parks and gardens. Mountains are green, but tops are snow covered and it is very beautiful too. Puples like summer, because they have the longest vacation (3 months). In summer we swim, watch TV, walk a lot, we have great time and a lot of fun in the parks. Summer is very hot in Uzbekistan. That’s we uzbek people drink a lot of traditional green tea. Our summer is rich in fruits, vegetables. In Uzbekistan autumn is warm. In autmn people pick much cotton.Uzbekistan have many holidays. There are teachers day(octber1) and other> In autmn people take vegetables and fruits. In Uzbekistan sun is hot.In autmn I love to see the nature in Uzbekistan,becouse in uzbekistan autmn is very warmn, nice and beautiful. I love autmn, becouse I love nature in autmn. Ferghana city is situated in the Central part of Ferghana Valley, in Central Asia. Our climate is sharp-continental. Our summer is hot, dry and lasts about four months, our winter is not long and warm. On average, the temperature in summer is about +35-40 C, in winter –3-10 C. The quantity of precipitations are 250 – 350 mm in the year. The precipitations fall down in spring and winter.We don’t have a lot of rains, because we don’t have seas and oceans. As you know, Aral sea is drying out and in affects our climate. Rivers change their riverbeds. Out temperature is vibrating. All winds come from Hodjen gate way. It is the only narrow entrance to the Valley situated at the west of Ferghana Valley near Hodjen city (Tajikistan). There are three types of winf in Ferghana Valley: Afghan wind, Kokand wind, Bekabad wind (according to the names of the cities in Ferghana Valley) Afghan wind comes from Afghanistan. It’s the hotest wind among all winds. Kokand wind comes from desert part of Uzbekistan, in spring (after cold winter) it is a cold wind than air becomes warmer and the wind comes back to the desert part in autumn. People call this wind Bekabad wind. It is a warm wind. Climate can be changed a lot, because mountains are situated around our valley. The protect us from cold winds. Plants are like in lowlands. Ferghana valley is one of the biggest cotton-growing regions of Uzbekistan. It’s more agricultural region, where people grow not only cotton but rice, wheat, tomatoes, melons and watermelons. You can see wonderful gardens of apricots, peaches and other types of fruits. In the mountain regions of Fergana Valley – on Chatkal spins (the north part of the valley) there are a lot of forests of walnuts and apple trees. Along the mountain rivers, coming to the central part of the valley, there are fir-trees and different types of bushes. All territory is covered with cultural plants. Veldts and deserts of central Ferghana are covered with vegetation typical for them
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School ID Location Elevation
KE01
1,9 º N 32,5 º E 700 – 800 metres
PRECIPITATION
TEMPERATURE
Describe your climate and nature with few words: In Oyugis town and its rural surrounding, the dominant type of climate is equatorial type with summers and winters summers fall within the months of December-February and short summer May-July. Winters are from March-May and September-November. The temperatures ranges between 21 degree Celsius to 24 degree Celsius daily. We experience some slight climate changes following the flow of continental winds that follow the movement and position of the sun. This result in either heavy or slight down pour of rains during winters or unexpected down poor during summers in form of convectional rains. The elevation of Oyugis of 700-800 metres places the region in a mid way position between the lowlands of the lake Victoria and the start of the Kenya (Kisii) highlands. This makes the climate very favorable to both agricultural practiced in the highlands and the Lake region.The area is therefore agriculturally potential with reliable convectional and relief rains.The landscape of Oyugis is rigid with valleys and small hills. Streams flows in the valleys to the area towards the lake is fairly flat. The vegetation is Savanna made up of short grasses that grow with only a few scattered trees and shrubs, drier areas have fewer trees. Some of the woodland areas within are composed of tall deciduous and evergreen trees that grow up to 50 metres. Current ( or possible ) environmental problems: 1. Pollution of -water Soil Air These are brought about due to the poor waste disposal and management. 2. De-afforestation/desrtfication- this is due of heavy and indiscrimination harvesting of trees by the inhabitants without replacement or replanting of new seedlings. 3. Social eves: Social and health problems is a menace at this era of HIV/AIDS Scourge in the region.
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Long and dark, lasts here about 5 months. Coldest months Jan and Feb ( average –10 C). Snow depth at highest on March, average about 70 cm. Shortest season, from mid April to the end of May. Snow melts usually in the end of April. From June to August, three months. The highest precipitation in August, the warmest month is July. From September to October. The first snow comes here on average in the end of October. Our continental location makes our winter colder than in the south or in the coastal Finland. In summer the temperature is more the same in every part of Finland. Gulf stream rises temperature and it’s more warm in Finland compared with the same latitude ( 60-64 N) in the other parts of world Very little. We don’t have mountains or high hills here. It’s quite flat here, only some small hills. The heighest hill ( 347 ) is called Koli. We belong to northern boreal forest zone. About 70% of our land area is covered by forests. The most common trees are pine, spruce and birch. There are lots of peatlands in the area.
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School ID Location
IN01 26046.914 N and 92044.725 E
Elevation Climate description:
108 metres
Describe your climate and nature with few words:
It is remarkably pleasant and cool. The air is fresh and clean and lends itself to healthy living. It’s quite shady because of the enormous number of trees. Its rains quite a lot in the rainy season and is quite hot in the summers rising to 32ºC.
Winter Spring
Winter is cool and clear with temperate nights. Spring is quite nice out here and pleasant winds blow throughout this period of year. Even in May, the warmest time of year, the temperature rarely rises above 32ºC. Cool nights and winters and warm afternoons. Due to the location of some river and water bodies it sometimes causes a lot of humidity in the summers especially.
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The climate is cool and nice out here. In the summers the temperature rises barely above 330 C and in the winters ’s it barely falls below 250 C and the average temperature is 290 C. Nice and pleasant winds blow out here which is good for the health and growth of the people. But sometimes its quite humid.
Summer Autumn continental or coastal location effects on climate sea currents/ planetary wind systems effect How elevation effects on climate?
It doesn’t affect much.
A description on your landscape patterns: A description on your vegetation
Our landscape is very cool and beautiful. It has got a number of hill type of elevation where we play and ride our bicycles etc. we have got a very cool and green environment
It doesn’t affect much.
There are a huge number of trees with a large number of football fields. There are all sorts of graves, ranging from Guava trees to trees of berry. It has many gardens with all sorts of flowers of all colours, shapes and is looked after quite well.
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School ID Location; Elevation
ZW10 15’ 22S / 25’ 33E Fairly high up over 1000m above distance from the sea.300KM from Indian ocean
OUR CAPITAL CITY HARARE
WINTER SUMMER AUTUMN AND SPRING How sea currents affect our climate? How elevation affects local climate?
A description on our vegetation
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The Mozambique current brings warm water to the coastal areas and therefore warm moist air is often brought into Zimbabwe by the prevailing easterly and southeasterly wind. When these winds are forced to rise over the eastern border highlands rainfall results. This type is called relief / orographic rainfall. Zimbabwe lies within the tropics. It is fairly high up mainly over 1000m above sea. Therefore does not have very high temperature often experienced within the tropics. Because temperature decreases with height above sea level. Air near the ground is denser. The heat is more easily trapped at low altitude than on high mountain tops where the is thinner. Most of Zimbabwe consists of savannah grasslands, which include scattered to densely growing bushes of trees. Many areas have been cleared for agriculture and settlement. Large areas of planted forest commercial use are found in the eastern highlands.
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FI02 62,8 N 30,2 E 127 m Amount of rain
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School ID Location (lat./long. ) Elevation Climate description: Make a climate diagram of your area, nearest data you can get. You can do this with Excel or make a scanned image. Here’s a model: The blue line is the average temperature and red bars the amount of average monthly precipitation. In temperature, please use Celsius and millimetres ( mm ) in precipitation
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climate and nature: Winter Spring Summer Autumn How continental or coastal location effects on your climate? How sea currents or planetary wind systems effect on your climate? How elevation effects on your climate? A description on your landscape patterns: A description on your vegetation
It`s really cold and icy and it snows a lot. It gets dark early, you can see the stars well. And the air is clean and bright. It rains a lot and it´s quite warm. And the ground is full of wet snow. In summer the Sun shines a lot and it´s warm, about 20-30 º C There is too thunderstorms and it´s rains sometimes. Autumn is rainy and cold, but there´s also beatiful glowing autumn forest.The sun shines sometimes. Because we live in continent we have very long and snowy winters.
Winds do not effect our climate quite much, because we are not close coastal or mountains etc. Gulfstream makes our climate warmer during whole year. Elevation doesn`t effect in here at all. Lots of hills and forests. We have coniferous forest everywhere.
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To find our mean temp and rainfall figures we contacted the met. office in Mullingar which is 10 miles from our school. We were able to get statistics for a 30 year period. As you can see we get a lot of rain in Ireland and it never gets too hot or too cold. Our climate is totally influenced by the fact that we are a small island surrounded by the Atlantic and Irish Sea.
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School ID Location (lat./long. ) Elevation Climate description:
Winter in Ireland is between the months Nov – Jan. In winter it is windy, wet , dark and cold. By December it is dark at 17.30 and the sun does not rise until after 8.00 am. We get very little snow and when we do it rarely lasts for more than a day or two. When frost comes the roads can be slippy and sometimes schools have to close down for a number of days. In Winter everyone looks forward to Chirstmas which is a happy family time. Jan and Feb can be pretty wet and miserable but everyone looks forward to Spring which is a lovely time in Ireland. “ If Winter Comes Can Spring Be Far Behind” February, March and April are our Spring months. The countryside springs to life and everywhere looks fresh and green. Everyone looks forward to the daffodils and snowdrops and the lengthening evenings. The temperature begins to rise and its always nice to see the lambs in the fields. Spring is an important time for our farmers. Crops are sown and the countryside is busy. The birds build nests in spring and everyone begins to look forward to the Summer. St.Patrick’s Day and Easter and the highlights of Springtime. During summer we usually get a few weeks of very hot weather. We do not get extreme Temperatures. Temperatures range from 14- 25 C. We still get rain but not as much as in Winter. Schools close for June, July and August so it is a favourite time for students.Summer days in Ireland are long and bright. Tourists flock to the country during the Summer months especially from England and America. Since our economy has improved many Irish people now travel abroad for Summer holidays. Mediterranean countries are a particularly popular destination. It’s a busy time for farmers sowing and reaping their crops.
Autumn means back to school. In Autumn trees loose their leaves and the countryside takes on a lovely russet colour. Nights get longer, the clocks are put back one hour. Temperatures drop gradually and farmers reap their grain harvests. Hedgehogs, badgers, bats and squirrels hibernate for the Winter. August and September can be two of our nicest months.
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How continental or coastal location effects on your climate?
How sea currents or planetary wind systems effect on your climate?
How elevation effects on your climate? A description on your landscape patterns:
Because Ireland is an island the influence of the sea has a huge bearing on our climate. The North Atlantic Drift, a warm current of water originating in the Gulf of Mexico, passes by our west coast and keeps our winter temperatures higher than most places at a similar latitude. Our Summer temperatures are kept cooler due the influence of the sea. It is surprising on a small island how rainfall figures vary from the west coast to the east coast. On the west coast it is not unusual to get over 1000mm of rainfall each year whereas in the midlands or on the east coast it could be as low as 600mm. Because the prevailing winds move from a south westerly direction over our country we are constantly inthe path of low pressure depressions which bring the rain. Rainfall usually lasts for a couple of hours followed by some hours of sunshine and maybe more showers. It is unusual to get more than three or four days without rainfall at any time of the year. The influence of the sea on our climate make our weather very unpredictable. The North atlantic Drift, has a huge influence on our climate. It keeps our winters and summers milder than you might expect for a country at 53 degrees North. Frost and snow are rare occurrences on the south west coast but wind and rain are plentiful. The South Westerlies bring a constant supply of moisture laden air which deposits its precipitation on the West Coast. The weather is always changing in Ireland and in any one day you can get wind rain, sunshine, and occasionally snow. We call this “Changeable weather” There are no very high mountains in Ireland so elevation is not a huge factor in our climate. Ireland is shaped like a saucer with the highest mountains along the coast and an undulating interior. The highest mountains in Ireland are just over 1000 meters.
The village where our school is located is called Rochfortbridge. It is 53 25 north of the equator and 7 degrees 17min west of Greenwich. Rochfortbridge is 440 feet above sea level.It is situated in County Westmeath in the centre of Ireland. Our county has a population of 63,313 people within an area of 710 sq miles. There are three large lakes in our county. Our area is mainly farmland but the towns are growing rapidly. Peatlands are also a feature of our area. These lands are cultivated for peat which powers electricity producing stations. Eskers – glacial gravel ridges are another unique feature of our landscape. The area can be best described as undulating. The nearest mountains to us are the Slieve Blooms 20 miles to the south of the area. The underlying bedrock in the midlands is Carboniferous Limestone. It is covered by thick glacial deposits on which rich fertile soils have developed.
A description on your vegetation
www.iol.ie/~stjsrbge/page9.html Undulating landscape. Grasslands for cattle. Very little tillage. Peatlands with rare plants – sundew, asphodel, heather, sphagnum mosses, lichen. Eskers usually colonised by native trees – Birch, elder, ask, oak, holly, etc.
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KZ01 50N81E 120 m Climate Diagram of Ust-Kamenogorsk city, Kazakhstan,2002 30 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30
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School ID Location Elevation Climate description: The year precipitation is 230-240 mm.
Winter
We can say that our winters are considered to be the coldest after northern areas, because of sharply continental climate, therefore winters in Ust-Kamenogorsk are very inclement. If we compare winter’s temperature with the temperature of last years we can see that column of thermometer rises higher. If the frost can be during several months in 2000 year and reach 45-47 degrees, but now frosts can last for about one week and maximum temperature can reach 35 degrees. Forecasters propose that temperature will be about –25 –30 degrees this winter. If the temperature reaches 40 degrees below zero, schools in our city do not work. Precipitations in winter can be different too. It can be rain, snow or storm and even hails. The height of snow covered was 2- 2,5 meters some years ago, now it’s about 0,5 meters.
Spring
Spring is the most beautiful season. The nature wakes up from the dream. The warmest month is May. Its temperature is about 25 degree. The most raining month is April, but the coldest month is March. Sometimes it can be snowing and sleeting. As far as the climate in Eastern Kazakhstan is sharply continental we have severe hot climate in summer. Almost each summer the average temperature of July is 25 degrees Celsius. We have dry wind and sun shining. Nights are cold but days are hot. The hottest month is July. The weather tends to change some times a day. Now because of influence of ecology and other external factors it’s been changing. The summers are getting colder and falls are getting warmer. In our East Kazakhstan the coldest autumn month is November. Average temp is 10 – 15 degrees. It is often raining and sometimes it can be snowing or hailing. The warmest fall month is September, an IndianSummer.In the morning temp is about 0, but in the afternoon daily it reaches 15-20 degree. We have huge daily and yearly amplitude of temperature; the quantity of precipitation is not big. Winter and summer are very contrasting with its temperature and weather.
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Our location and its effects on climate? How sea currents or planetary wind systems effect on your climate? How elevation effects on your climate? A description on your landscape patterns:
A description on your vegetation
Our city is separated from the oceans and is in the centre of Eurasia. This territory is open to Arctic Current influence but isolated from Currents of Indian Ocean by high Asian mountains.It’s south part of temperate climatic zone, so there is West to East wind mass shift in cyclones and anticyclones.It’s the zone of temperate humidity that rises with the height. 50N location makes the wind system divide as western and southern to the North and northern and eastern to the South. The elevation of Kazakhstan is 120 meters. There are 2 rivers in our city but our location is too far from the oceans that are why our country has sharply continental climate. Eastern Kazakhstan is very unique It is Eurasian region. Steppe, desert, mountain and forest landscapes neighbor each other keeping themselves more than a half of the country’s flora and wild life.Eastern Kazakhstan is a land of woods. Very often they appear to be impenetrable thickets forming a dense prickly wall, where all trees and herbs are tightly inter-winding around each other. Alpine stony landscapes add a special charm to the land.The steppe and deserts eternity and magnificence, the valleys with whimsical windings of the rivers and creeks, the noise of the rapid waters, grassland, area of land covered with grass where are few trees make the region unbelievably beautiful. Birch forest tree growing in northern countries with a smooth bark and slender branches Currant small black, red or white juicy fruit growing in clusters. Fir conifer with leaves like needles; wood of this tree. Honeysuckle climbing shrub with sweet-smelling yellow or red flowers. Larch deciduous tree with small cones and light-green leaves. Poplar tall, straight, fastgrowing tree; its wood. Spruce kinds of fir-tree grown in plantations for its wood, used for making paper.
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We have a Tropical Continental Climate. Rainfall and Temperature are affected by altitude. Marondera is in the middle veld thus cool climate is experienced generally and rainfall is received mostly in Summer. It is generally cool and dry stretching from late May to early August. Long nights and short days are experienced. There is very little or no rainfall and temperatures are around 150C on average. Warm and dry season stretching from mid-August to November. Usually windy and dusty. Trees lose their leaves and new fresh ones begin to blossom. The rain season begins at the end of spring. A rainy season characterised by high temperatures of around 25-300C.It stretches from Mid-November to mid-March. Convectional and relief rainfall is experienced and the maximum precipitation is experienced in December and January with a mean of 190mm. This is the post rain season and it is usually hot and dry with clear skies. no precipitation is usually experienced during this time. Autumn stretches from mid-March to May. We are affected by the Continental location since we are land locked and the Mozambican currencies usually reach this area after losing most of its moisture to the mountainous eastern highlands. Warm air circulates within the area mostly due to the inland location of Marondera. Mozambican currents from the Indian Ocean bring the relief rainfall to the area as warm most air is forced to rise due to the mountainous nature of the place. Planetary winds also affect the area bringing warm and moist characteristics from (DRC) Congo. Since we are on a relatively highland, the area is cool . It is a diverse landscape with hilly and depression features and some areas are plateau like. Relatively long grass with scattered tall indigenous trees like “Msasa”, “Munhondo”and some few areas with exotic trees.
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Snow Cover is in winter about 1 meter, Average temperature is about –15 C, But sometimes its getting colder(For example last winter –40 C)Winter usually starts in November and ends in the end of March. Spring usually starts in the end of March and ends in the end of May. Average temperature is about –5 C +5 C. Usually it rains in Spring. Summer starts in the June and ends in the end of August. Average temperature is about +15 C but sometimes its much warmer( in last summer +35 C) Average temperature is about –5 C - +5 C. Autumn starts in the beginning of September and continues to the November. Finland is effected by the Asien continent(in the summer it rise the temperatures and in the winter it drops the temperatures.) and by the Atlantic Ocean(It brings moist and makes temperature divercities much smaller.) Gulf stream rises temperatures few degrees. There are two winds(warm south-western and western winds and cold eastern wind)which are crashing together. That effects in temperaturesÆThat produces moving cyclones. Eno is a located 128 metres above the sea. Elevation doesn’t effect much to the climate. Gulf stream, planetary wind systems and location between Asian continent and Atlantic ocean effects more to the climate than elevation. The Hightest place is Koli (347meters) but there are lots of little hills here. Heightdifferences are small here. Belongs to the northern boreal forests area and 70% of Finlands area is covered by forests. The most common trees are pine, spruce and birch. There are lots of peatlands in the area. Pulp mill has polluted the water of the river Pielinen in the late 1970s.
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CA03 49N 97W 239m Winnipeg Climate Graph
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Winnipeg winters usually last about 6 months, but it can vary from year to year. There is useally lots of snow, and the air is quite dry and cold. Temperatures range from about -15 to -25 (degrees C), but when the winds pick up, the added windshield factor can sometimes drop temperatures to below -40 Spring is usually delayed until the end of August, then mild temperatures and south winds cause the snow to melt quite quickly, resulting in high water levels and sometimes flooding. Hot and humid! Plenty of sun and rain, with temperatures between 20 and 30. The only really unbearable part of summer is the humidity, which can make you feel that your living in a sauna some days. Most people try to escape the city and head out to the lakes to pursue water activities. Odd time of year for temperatures, one week they can be at 15 degrees, then the next it’s -5. Early in the season there is cold rain that puts a hold on harvest, then later it’s mostly dry, with a good share of crisp sunny days and dark, cloudy ones where we can sometimes get a snowfall in. (there is usually some snow on the ground in November). By the end of October, the huge flocks of birds, ducks, and geese have disappeared from the sky, leaving the tiny sparrow and chickadee, to fend off the coming winter. Being directly in the centre of the North American continent leaves Winnipeg with and extreme temperature graph, ranging nearly 70 degrees (C) between winter and summer. Winnipeg never sees many tropical storm, and on the rare occasion will we be warned of a tornado. As a result of planetary winds, we will usually receive hot, humid summers, with a break up of a wind storm. In the winter one household word we all know is a “Colorado Low” which, if it comes our way, can bring us severe blizzards. Our average elevation coincides with Winnipeg’s central location, in that it provides us with an extreme temperature range. Being on the prairie in the centre of the continent makes Winnipeg’s landscape very flat. Outside of the city is mostly farmland, except in areas where the buildup of limestone gravel make wonderful wooded areas for many wildlife. The prairie falters off in the east into the Canadian Shield, which is heavily wooded, hilly, and consists of many spring-fed lakes. Areas around the city are mostly farm land, and lightly wooded with deciduous trees such as poplar, oak, dogwood, and willow. In places where the land is cleared, but not kept up, you can see the old natural grasses and wild flowers of the prairie (only 1% of Manitoba consists of it’s untouched natural prairie grasses)
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Typical continental climate. Cold and long winters with a lot of snow. Trees are bare and there is no work in the field. Vegetation starts in March, everything is green and in blossom. During summers wheat is harvested and in the autumn all kinds of fruit, grapes and vegetables are collected. Moderately cold Springs are sunny and warm. Summers are hot and dry. Long and warm Continental location favourbly effects on our climate.
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Moderately winds effects on our climate.
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It has no effect.
A description on your landscape patterns:
Mainly flat planes with a few solitary mountains and hills
A description on your vegetation
In our landscape is represented grassy vegetation, with oak-tree and Tutkery-oak.
Current ( or possible) environmental problems:
The biggest promblems are poisons gas from cars and garbage. This year the consequences of heavy droughts are present in agriculture. The level of the water in river is the lowest ever measured. Fish die out of lack of oxygen in many lakes.
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We have four seasons: winter, snow and frost(DecemberFebruary), spring, snow melts and birds arrives, summer, sunny and all plants grow, autumn, leaves fall and nature is yellow and red. Winter is cold, dark and snowy. Winter wouldn’y be nothing without shining stars above a snowy landscape. The coldest temperature in here has been about -43 degrees. In spring snow is melting away. The sun is starting to shine more warmly. The nature turns green. Mean temperature in summer is about 17°C, the water of lakes is warm, usually the sun shines, but of course sometimes it rains. The leaves are falling away the trees. The temperature is falling. In the late autumn it starts to snow and the lakes freeze.
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Finland is continental and coastal climate, but there in East Finland we belong to continental climate. Gulf stream warms the climate of Finland ant that’s why in Finland it isn’t as cold as in Canada or Siberia for example ( on the same latitude ) It doesn’t affect in our climate. Plenty of lakes and hills (100-350m) Northern, eastern, paleartic coniferaus forest belt fauna We haven’t got big environmental problems.
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dark, cold, sometimes freezing ( - 30 C ), a lot of snow. Snow is melting away, sunny, quite warm. hot, temperature between + 10 C and + 30 C, beautiful, sunny, a lot of plants and flowers, long and light summer days, In June at Midsummer we have the night of the Midnight Sun. rainy, chilly, colourful, windy, sometimes stormy. Hot summers and cold winters are typical of the continental climate which we have here in Eastern Finland. The Gulf Stream brings warm air to the coast of Norway. Mild westwinds and south-west winds bring warm air from there to Finland. The elevation doesn`t effect on our climate at all. We have hills, but we have no higher mountains. The highest mountain is Koli here in Eastern Finland, 347 m above sea level. North Karelia belongs to the northern coni ferous forest belt zone. There is a lot of traffic.The traffic on land and sea causes pollution both in the air and in the River Pielisjoki.. There are landfills and dumps which are not allowed and which cause pollution. The factories in Uimaharju cause pollutation too.
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Winter is very cold,it often rains and sometimes snows. Days are short, it is dark at 5.00 p.m. Spring is a sweet season, days are longer and warmer, flowers bloom and plants become green It is hot and sunny, with a little rain but humid above all in our city. The temperature is often above 30-35° C In Autumn the leaves becomes yellow and they fall down the branches. The weather is often wet and cloudy, but we still have some sunny days We are in the middle of a big plain, so we often have foggy days in Autumn and Winter, and a humid summer where you can hardly breathe or sleep at night. We live far from the sea and we are surrrounded by the Alps and the Appennines (high mountains) so we are seldom reached by strong winds, but we often have a lot of fog We are in a sort of depression , that why there is a lot of humidity, fog and air pollution There are a lot of rice fields around our village with farms in the middle of them.There are some factories and an office centre with warehouses. There are houses and some blocks of flats in the village centre. Rice and corn fields,poplars along the ditches, pines lime-trees and oaks in parks and gardens.There is a very old Ginkgo biloba in a garden near the school
the “Goose Festival” held every year in September - October
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Cold winters. The coldest month is February with an average of -4°C. There are days when the temperature falls -25°C below 0. Sometimes it snows pretty much. Warm enough with temperatures that equals the multiannual one from 9 to -3°C, but lower than the autumn temperature. Hot with average temperatures of 20°C. The hottest month is July (an average of 21°C). Sometimes the temperature is 35°C. It is a dry season. Warm temperatures at the begining of September till mid November. In autumn it starts the rainy season with chilly winds. The annual thermical amplitude of 25°C determines a temperate-continental climate for Jassy with excessive nuances. The winds in our area are determined by general-local currents that circulate in the atmosphere and by the regional forms of relief. The river that crosses our town is Bahlui. There is also a Bahlui valley oriented NW-SE and it determines the major winds to blow from NW to E with an average of 4m/s. Being far from the ocean Jassy receives moderate quantities of water annually – an average of 533,7mm/m2 The relief implies low hills on the right and on the left of Bahlui river and hills and plateaus belonging to Jassy area on the right of this valley. The main hills in our area are: Sorogari 202m, Aroneanu 218m, Cetatuia 130m, Miroslava 183m, Socola 130m and Galata 180m. The vegetation is on many levels: steppe, forest steppe and forest. The steppe vegetation under 70m height is poor in species and it is destroyed because of human activities. The hills that surround our city has forest steppe vegetation with spots of forests and steppe with durmast trees, lime trees, elm trees, hornbeam trees, maple trees and ashtrees. Inside our city there are places protected such as Botanical Gardens, Exibition Park and very old trees such as a lime tree (150 years old) that is called Eminescu’s lime tree. Eminescu was one of the greatest Romanian poets. There is also an alley with poplars called evenpoplars(250 years old), gingko biloba. We had some environmental problems due to the industrial area that persist today. The air is very polluted because there are too many cars and factories. After the revolution many farmers destroyed a great number of forests and there are problems with the soil.
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not cold very much and it seldom snows cool and often rains hot and wind blows often quite cold and often rainy
It is subtrobical climate in Rustavi
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Half-desert shrubs, big number of trees in old part of city, small number of trees in new part of city. deficit of clear water for drink
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SCHOOL ID US 01 LOCATION 40.007 N 105. W ELEVATION 1546m Boulder Climate DATA: (right)
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In Boulder in the winter it is cold. But, sometimes sunny but still has a chill in the air. It doesn’t snow that much, we usually get a few big snows though. In the mountains it is very snowy.
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Spring is our rainiest time but we still don’t get that much rain, we also sometime get some snow in spring. (Mostly in April) Our rainfall from end of March to beginning of June in 2002, was 4.9 inches. Is our warmest season, it gets very hot, and at the very beginning of the summer we get some storms in the evening, but in the summer we still have hardly any rainfall.
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Autumn stays pretty warm but then gets cold in October and November.
location & effect on climate.
Since we are at the base of the Rocky Mountains at 5,000 ft, it makes our climate a lot colder in the winter and a lot warmer and dryer all the time.
Wind and climate?
The mountains bring the wind down to Boulder, which is partly why we have such a dry climate.
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We have the Rocky Mountains that catch most of the precipitation, which makes Boulder and other areas around the Rocky Mountains a lot dryer. It also makes it colder and dryer.
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Because we are at the base of the mountains, we do not have as much naturally green vegetation, it is a short grass prairie because of the mountains catching all the vegetation.
Boulder is right at the base of the mountains and the beginning of the great plains.
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Hawaii is in the tropics, where the length of day and temperature are relatively uniform throughout the year. Heavy rains, slightly lower temperatures Drier conditions; slightly higher temperatures Our coastal location serves to keep our temperatures consistent throughout the year. One half of Hawaii lies within 5 miles of the coast so the air brings mild temperatures from the surrounding ocean. The dominance of the trade winds and the influence of the mountainous terrain often cause slight showers.
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Some people are surprised to find out that it snows on Mauna Kea due to its high elevation. The taller mountains modify the marine effect and result in semi-continental conditions in some locations. Hawaii has a mountainous terrain. 50% of Hawaii lies at an elevation above 2,000 ft. and 10% lies above 7,000 ft. There is great variety in the landscape since we also have coastal plains. Hawaii belongs to a rainforest zone. There are many native plants and trees, such as ohia lehua and ohelo, that have adapted to growing on newly erupted lava. Many other plants, such as pine trees, have been introduced through the years.
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CZ01 49,9367 deg. North 14,3788 deg. East 240 m
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The first Diagram of temperature in Prague (our capital) for 2 hundred years.
The second Diagram showes Monthly Total Precipitation in our village – Vrané nad Vltavou.
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Typical continental climate. In the last years there are repeated big changes – floods, dryness, gales It snows but not much, sometimes it only rains. The temperature is about 0ºC. A few days (10 – 15 days) are –10ºC -15ºC.
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Springs are sunny and warmer. The temperature begins to rise. Everything looks fresh and green. The last years we had extreme temperatures (33 – 38ºC) and long time didn’t rain. It is still colder, trees loose their leaves, nights are longer, clocks are put back one hour. October is rainy. We are in the centre of the Europe we have worm summers and mild winters. Continental climate – in summer the temperature rises, in winter the temperature drops. Coastal influents, in winter sometimes it rains. Temperature isn’t so low. The effects on our climate are both continental and coastal. There are not very high mountains in the Czech Republic. The highest Sněžka has 1603 m, but our mountains are in winter under snow – skiing is favourite sport here. Mountains on the north-west bring the rain shadow. The village where our school is situated is called Vrané nad Vltavou. It is 10 km from our capital Prague. Mixed forests – spruces, pines, oaks, hornbeams, beeches, riparian forests
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INO2 Maharashtra State, India. Latitude: 18.54°N , Longitude: 72.4°E
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Climate description:. The yellow line is the average temperature and blue bars the amount of average monthly precipitation.
Average January temp: 24.5°C (76°F). Average July temp: 28.5°C (83°F). Average annual rainfall: 2160mm (85 inches) Jun-Sep.
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Extreme climate, warm inland from April to mid-June falling to almost freezing at night in winter, between November and February. Summers are hot with monsoons between June and September. The climate is pleasant between October and March, blast- furnace hot between April and June, and dripping with humidity between July and September. There are no spring and Autumn seasons in India.
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between June and September. Being on the sea coast, the temperature undergoes little seasonal fluctuation. Humidity is often very high. Temperatures range from 19 to 34ºC. Rainfall between June and September averages2160mm Large-scale currents along the outer shelf and beyond, around India, reverse seasonally with the monsoon winds. The currents forming a continuum from the northern Bay of Bengal to the northern Arabian Sea. Sea level rise is likely to result in loss of land due to submergence of coastal areas and coast is vulnerable to the impacts of global warming . Due to extensive low lying coastal area , high population density , frequent occurrence of cyclones, storms and environmental degradation. Mumbai earlier was made of seven islands. The seven islands of Mumbai were joined together into one landmass through three centuries of reclamation. This one island is now 436 square kilometres in area (approximately 170 square miles), and is connected to the mainland by several bridges. The city which is a part of India's splendid coast, has a natural harbor. Because of its harbour, there is a wide bay between the city and the mainland, facing Africa and East Asia . The landscape is undulating with great panoramic views of hills, valleys, lakes and open patches. Borivali National Park (BNP) is a miraculously preserved green oasis in the center of an urban sprawl. This national park is One of the very few, perhaps the only one of its kind, that is surrounded by a metropolis.
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Current ( or possible ) environmental problems:
As mumbai is the industrial and financial capital of the country , pollution and erosion due to excess of population, traffic, and industries the current environmental problems.
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Our climate is continental. That means, our climate can be changed suddenly – if we have sunny morning, we can have rainy evening. Our hottest month of the year are the middle of June – July – the middle of August. The rainiest months are November, December, April, May . Because of dry and hot weather our people wear special clothes - wide colored dresses made from atlas (special silk fabric) for women and for men white wide cotton shirts and special caps to protect from the sun – duppi. Many people from rural society build their houses using clay bricks, because in such houses it’s cool in hot summers and warm in our winters.The global ecological problem of our region is – Aral Sea is dieing, and it affects our climate a lot – more rains in autumn and springs, colder winters, etc. In Uzbekistan winter is short. It is not cold, warm enough. It’s foggy during December and January, because our valley is like “a bowl”, surraunded by high mountains. Sometimes we have snow (very seldom) and we can skate and ski only in the mountains. In winter we have many holidays and a wonderful 10 days school vacation. A lot of people in our region like spring . In Ferghana Valley spring begins at the second part of February. It’s very early. Everything around is green and blowing (trees and plants – tulips, poppies, etc.). Our parks and countriside are filled with merry songs of birds, which came back from warm lands (crows, sparrow, etc) Spring is a season of hope, happiness and love. We celebrate national holiday – Navruz, a moslem New Year. Summer is very beautiful season in Uzbekistan. In our region summer comes at the end of spring in May. There are many flowers, which have sweet smell in the parks and gardens. Mountains are green, but tops are snow covered and it is very beautiful too. Puples like summer, because they have the longest vacation (3 months). In summer we swim, watch TV, walk a lot, we have great time and a lot of fun in the parks. Summer is very hot in Uzbekistan. That’s we uzbek people drink a lot of traditional green tea. Our summer is rich in fruits, vegetables. In Uzbekistan autumn is warm. In autmn people pick much cotton.Uzbekistan have many holidays. There are teachers day(octber1) and other> In autmn people take vegetables and fruits. In Uzbekistan sun is hot.In autmn I love to see the nature in Uzbekistan,becouse in uzbekistan autmn is very warmn, nice and beautiful. I love autmn, becouse I love nature in autmn. Ferghana city is situated in the Central part of Ferghana Valley, in Central Asia. Our climate is sharp-continental. Our summer is hot, dry and lasts about four months, our winter is not long and warm. On average, the temperature in summer is about +35-40 C, in winter –3-10 C. The quantity of precipitations are 250 – 350 mm in the year. The precipitations fall down in spring and winter.We don’t have a lot of rains, because we don’t have seas and oceans. As you know, Aral sea is drying out and in affects our climate. Rivers change their riverbeds. Out temperature is vibrating. All winds come from Hodjen gate way. It is the only narrow entrance to the Valley situated at the west of Ferghana Valley near Hodjen city (Tajikistan). There are three types of winf in Ferghana Valley: Afghan wind, Kokand wind, Bekabad wind (according to the names of the cities in Ferghana Valley) Afghan wind comes from Afghanistan. It’s the hotest wind among all winds. Kokand wind comes from desert part of Uzbekistan, in spring (after cold winter) it is a cold wind than air becomes warmer and the wind comes back to the desert part in autumn. People call this wind Bekabad wind. It is a warm wind. Climate can be changed a lot, because mountains are situated around our valley. The protect us from cold winds. Plants are like in lowlands. Ferghana valley is one of the biggest cotton-growing regions of Uzbekistan. It’s more agricultural region, where people grow not only cotton but rice, wheat, tomatoes, melons and watermelons. You can see wonderful gardens of apricots, peaches and other types of fruits. In the mountain regions of Fergana Valley – on Chatkal spins (the north part of the valley) there are a lot of forests of walnuts and apple trees. Along the mountain rivers, coming to the central part of the valley, there are fir-trees and different types of bushes. All territory is covered with cultural plants. Veldts and deserts of central Ferghana are covered with vegetation typical for them
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PRECIPITATION
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Describe your climate and nature with few words: In Oyugis town and its rural surrounding, the dominant type of climate is equatorial type with summers and winters summers fall within the months of December-February and short summer May-July. Winters are from March-May and September-November. The temperatures ranges between 21 degree Celsius to 24 degree Celsius daily. We experience some slight climate changes following the flow of continental winds that follow the movement and position of the sun. This result in either heavy or slight down pour of rains during winters or unexpected down poor during summers in form of convectional rains. The elevation of Oyugis of 700-800 metres places the region in a mid way position between the lowlands of the lake Victoria and the start of the Kenya (Kisii) highlands. This makes the climate very favorable to both agricultural practiced in the highlands and the Lake region.The area is therefore agriculturally potential with reliable convectional and relief rains.The landscape of Oyugis is rigid with valleys and small hills. Streams flows in the valleys to the area towards the lake is fairly flat. The vegetation is Savanna made up of short grasses that grow with only a few scattered trees and shrubs, drier areas have fewer trees. Some of the woodland areas within are composed of tall deciduous and evergreen trees that grow up to 50 metres. Current ( or possible ) environmental problems: 1. Pollution of -water Soil Air These are brought about due to the poor waste disposal and management. 2. De-afforestation/desrtfication- this is due of heavy and indiscrimination harvesting of trees by the inhabitants without replacement or replanting of new seedlings. 3. Social eves: Social and health problems is a menace at this era of HIV/AIDS Scourge in the region.
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