Comparing Climates

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Comparing Climates

• Arviat Canada
• Tsandi Namibia

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Where is it? Location
Arviat formerly known as Eskimo Point.
What is it Like? Climate / seasons?
How does the Climate affect peoples way of life?
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Population 1559
Toronto
Location distance and direction from a bigger
place. /- general statements.
Hudson Bay
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Summer season - Weather? Plants? Humans?
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Arviat is a coastal village in the new Inuit
territory of Nunavut. It is situated by Hudson
Bay which is frozen for 9 months of the year.
Here Inuit people have to adapt to the freezing
climate of the tundra. (information provided in
exam booklet)
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Tsandi
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Tsandi Namibia a country in the south west of
Africa
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Tsandi is a village in the north of Namibia.
Villagers rely on wells for water supply.
Rainfall is rare with most falling between
December and March when winds blow from the
ocean. Here villagers have adapt to the hot
desert climate.
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West . Longitude 0 . East
North Equator South
Comparing the locations of Arviat and Tsandi