Extreme Climate Group Project
Each group will be assigned to one of the following extreme climate places:
Death Valley, California- Extreme Heat/ Extreme Dry
Antarctica- Extreme Cold
Kauai, Hawaii- Extreme Wet
Sahara Desert- Extreme Dry
Kilimanjaro- Extreme Altitude
You will need to research and explain the following about your location:
Describe the climate: What is the general weather pattern, explain in detail- giving the temperature averages and precipitation. Explain why this place has the type of climate that they do. Identify if this is place is in the tropics, mid-latitude, or high latitude region.
Locate landforms/waterways- do they affect the climate in any way? Explain
Identify living things- Who lives in this area?
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Each team member will be responsible to know the information about their assigned place and give an oral presentation.
As you are researching use the back side of this page for notes.
Name:Lilyon Neddo, Niqolas Wood, Jaccob Geer, Skye Lamountain, Alexis Diamond Group Location: Sahara Desert
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B. In the Sahara desert, there is the Nile river. The NIle River is the largest river in the world.At the end of the ice age, climate change supposedly formed the Nile River.They have asem heat in the summer it can get up to more then 100%.The hots temper it ever was there is 136.4 is the hot’s temper there.It some times change 50% from night to day.And the water
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