Earth Science 7-Santiago, Chile
Quilicura, Santiago, Chile
Geography
Latitude and Longatude: 33degrees17'34.05"S 70degrees40'55/32W
Elevation: 986.332 m
Large body of Water: Pacific Ocean to West about 100 kilometers
Climate
Pressure Zone: High Pressure Zone
Currents: Peruvian Cool Current
Average Monthly Temperature: (°C)
January Avg Low: 12° Avg High: 30° Avg precip: 0.03 cm
February Avg Low: 11° Avg High: 30° Avg precip: 0.07 cm
March Avg Low: 10° Avg High: 27° Avg precip: 0.31 cm
April Avg Low: 7° Avg High: 23° Avg precip: 0.93 cm
May Avg Low: 5° Avg High: 18° Avg precip: 2.81 cm
June Avg Low: 4° Avg High: 15° Avg precip: 4.32 cm
July Avg Low: 2° Avg High: 15° Avg precip: 4.62 cm
August Avg Low: 4° Avg High: 16° Avg precip: 3.06 cm
September Avg Low: 5° Avg High: 18° Avg precip: 1.5 cm
October Avg Low: 7° Avg High: 22° Avg precip: 0.77 cm
November Avg Low: 9° Avg High: 26° Avg precip: 0.35 cm
December Avg Low: 11° Avg High: 28° Avg precip: 0.16 cm
Climate Zone: CSA and CSB. They are both "dry summer and subtropical", A means the temp in the warmest month is above 22 degrees celsius and has at least 4 months with an average of 10 degrees celsius, but B means the temp is below 22 degrees celsius in its warmest month.
Climate: In mid latitudes, high elevation, mountainous, close to Pacific, so cool. In Santiago Chile, however, hot and dry summers. It is in a high pressure zone and has the cool Peruvian Current to the West. It is on the dry side of the mountain which contributes to its dryness.
Geology
Plate Boundary: Chile is on the South America Plate
Plate Boundary: Santiago, Chile is on the boundary of the South American Plate and the Nazca Plate. The boundary Chile is on is a convergent boundary.Santiago, Chile is less than 100 miles from the the boundary.
Rocks::Metamorphic because Santiago is on a plate boundary, therefore much pressure is built up when the plates are pushed against each other and Metamorphic rocks are formed.Also some extrusive volcanic rock because of volcanoes.
References and Links
- ↑ http://maps.google.com/maps?f=s&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-bk-gm&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=google%20maps="id"
- ↑ http://weather.uk.msn.com/monthly_averages.aspx?wealocations=wc:CIXX0020
- ↑ Spaulding, Nancy E., and Samuel N. Namowitz. Earth Science. Illinois: Houghton Mifflan, 2004. Print
