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    Tropical Grasslands

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    * TROPICAL GRASSLANDS (SAVANNAH) This is grassland with scattered individual trees. They cover almost half the surface of Africa*(about % million sq. miles generally central Africa) and large areas of Australia‚ South America and India. REGIONAL CLIMATE The climate is warm and hot Rainfall is about 50.8 to 127 cm annually. SOIL ORDERS The soil is porous with rapid water drainage. Contains a thin layer of humus. DORMINANT GROWTH FORMS Rhodes grass and red oat grass‚ in East Africa Star grasses and

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    scientific use‚ commerce‚ surveillance and tracking. This project presents a small application based on Global Positioning System. It depicts the use of GPS module/receiver to find latitude and longitude of its location. The data obtained from GPS receiver (GPGGA sentence) is processed by the microcontroller to extract its latitude and longitude values. The GPS Module has been interfaced with AT89C51 and the location values are displayed on a 16x2 LCD interface. Description How to interface GPS

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    Coordinates: (Degrees Decimals) Longitude E: Latitude N: Site Owned by: Approved by: ________________ Final Transmission Plan TXN Path (BTS-BSC) LL status (If Required) LL Collocation status (If Required) Mw Antenna Size(m) LOS Report LOS Name [A—B] IDHM01--IGTR05 LOS Request Date LOS Date LOS Request By LOS Report By Signature Signature Site A Site B Name Address A Latitude Degrees Decimals A Longitude Degrees Decimals A Site Elevation(m) A

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    On Climate

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    “Places around the equator and those at latitude 60N are dominated by low pressure belts. Yet the weather and heat transfer processes in the two regions are very different. The weather in the equatorial region is often unchanging while that along latitude 60’N is variable.” Briefly describe the formation of low pressure belts in the two regions. Explain the different weather patterns in the two regions with reference to atmospheric circulation and movement of air masses. Discuss the heat transfer

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    Ast 101

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    specify a location‚ type in values for the latitude and longitude directly‚ or use the arrow keys to make adjustments in 5 increments. You should practice dragging the observer to a few locations (North Pole‚ intersection of the Prime Meridian and the Tropic of Capricorn‚ etc.). * Note how the Earth Map‚ Celestial Sphere‚ and Horizon Diagram are linked together. Grab the map cursor and slowly drag it back and forth vertically changing the observer’s latitude. Note how the observer’s location is reflected

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    relationship between climate and one or more biomes. (10 marks). One biome which is part of the cold zone of the Earth where the latitude of the sun is from 60-90° is Tundra. Tundra is a treeless‚ level‚ or gently undulating plain characteristic of the Artic and sub-Artic regions characterised by low temperatures and short growing seasons. The polar areas between 60 and 90° latitude receive less heat from solar radiation as the angle of the sun is at a much lower angle towards the ground. The day length

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    Midnight Sun

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    with potential midnight sun increases the farther towards either pole one goes. Although approximately defined by the polar circles‚ in practice midnight sun can be seen as much as 90 km outside the polar circle‚ as described below‚ and the exact latitudes of the farthest reaches of midnight sun depend on topography and vary slightly year-to-year. There are no permanent human settlements south of the Antarctic Circle‚ so the countries and territories whose populations experience it are limited

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    CHAPTER TWO: THE EARTH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  THE CONTINENTS A Continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria‚ with up to seven regions commonly regarded as continents. These are: Asia‚ Africa‚ North America‚ South America‚ Antarctica‚ Europe‚ and Australia. In geology‚ continents are described by means of tectonic plates. Plate tectonics is the process and study of the movement‚ collision and division

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    ► USE THE “A Printable Latitude & Longitude Map of the World” TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-5. As well as the rest of the Power Point. 1. List the seven large landmasses known as continents. 1.___North America___ 2.___South America____ 3._____Asia_______ 2. The Prime_ Meridian_ is the line of longitude that divides the Eastern Hemisphere from the Western Hemisphere. 3. Which two continents lie completely in the Southern Hemisphere? _____Australia and Antarctica__

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    Geography Notes

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    Some celestial bodies do not have their own heat and light. They are lit by the light of the stars. Such bodies are called planets. Jupiter‚ Saturn and Uranus have rings around them. These are belts of small debris. These rings may be seen from the earth with the help of powerful telescopes. ‘Sol’ in Roman mythology is the ‘Sungod’. ‘Solar’ means ‘related to the sun’. The family of the sun is‚ therefore‚ called the solar system. My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pakodas. MY

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