Week 3 Climates - coordinates

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Use the atlas

In which country we find Malindi?

What climate has Malindi (see Atlas thematic map - Klimaten)?

Why does Malindi have this climate?

Go to page 237 in the Atlas
Find the city Quito in Ecuador (South-America)

1. It's on a parallel
2. It's on a meridian

Find now the city of Adelaide
(in the south of Australia)

1. This city is close to the 140° parallel
2. This city is close to the 140° meridian.

Locating a city - coordinates

Write in your notebook:

Step 1: find the city in the atlas.

Step 2: is the city in the Northern (N.) or Southern (S.) hemisphere?

Step 3: find out on which distance (in degrees / °) from the Equator
                (left/right of the map) - For example 45° N.

Step 4: decide if the city is in the Western (W.) or Eastern (E.) hemisphere,                         

                that means: is the city to the West from London or to the East.

Step 5: find out how far from the prime meridian (top/bottom of the map)                   

                For example 140° E.

Now find the city of
Kaapstad (South-Afrika).
What is the correct notation?

1. 35° N., 18° W.
2. 35° W., 18° N.
3. 35° S., 18° E.
4. 35° E., 18° S.

What are the coordinates of Barcelona?

Write down the names of the places of the next questions.

Go to GB map 102
What is the name of the place at
55°53' N, 4°15' W?

Go to GB map 102
What is the name of the place at
55°57' N, 3°11' W?

Go to GB map 102
What is the name of the place at
59°56' N, 10°45' W?

Go to GB map 182
What is the name of the country at
7° N, 1° W?

Go to GB map 221
What is the name of the place at
22°53' S, 43°17' W?

Go to GB map 102
What is the name of the place at
57°10' N, 2°05' W?

Go to GB map 221
What is the name of the place at
5°52' N, 55°14' W?

Go to GB map 200
What is the name of the lake at
45° N, 82°30' W?

Go to GB map 165
What is the name of the place at
35°30' N, 139°40' E?

What do the first letters of these places spell?