Difference between revisions of "Earth Science 7 - Indonesia 8"

From SJS Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 46: Line 46:
 
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Ann Total'''
 
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Ann Total'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Average||137.5 mm||85.4||104.1||146.1||181||137.1||146.9||184.5||222.3||272.2||244.3||203.5||2068.6
+
| Average||13.7 in||11.3||8.4||3.7||3||2.8||2||0.9||1.6||3.6||6.1||11.5||5.7
 
|-
 
|-
 
|  
 
|  

Revision as of 21:29, 21 November 2011

Earth Science 7-Regions

Indonesia

Island Groups

Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Molucca Islands, Papua Sulawesi, and Sumatra

Indonesia is an archipelago of 17,508 islands. [1]

Latitude/ Longitude

5 degrees S and N, 120 degrees E and W [2]

Elevation Range

Lowest- Indian Ocean, 0 meters

Highest- Puncak Jaya, 5,030 meters [3]

Large Bodies of Water

Oceans- Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

Seas- Andaman Sea, South China Sea, Banda Sea, Timor Sea, Arafura Sea, Java Sea, Philippine Sea, Celebes Sea [4]

Major Topographic Features

Climate: Tropical; hot, humid, more moderate in highlands

Terrain: mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains [5]

Average Precipitation

Rainfall Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Total
Average 13.7 in 11.3 8.4 3.7 3 2.8 2 0.9 1.6 3.6 6.1 11.5 5.7
[6]

Average Temperatures

Temps Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Max 30 30 31 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 31
Min 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
[7]

[8]



"References"

  1. ↑ The World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, Inc., 2007. Print.
  2. ↑ http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
  3. ↑ http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
  4. ↑ http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
  5. ↑ http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
  6. ↑ http://www.weather.com/
  7. ↑ http://weather.uk.msn.com/cgi-bin/data.pl?ref=N03E098+1200+0002542G2
  8. ↑ http://weather.uk.msn.com/monthly_averages.aspx?wealocations=wc:IDXX0022
Retrieved from "http://wiki.sjs.org/wiki/index.php?title=Earth_Science_7_-_Indonesia_8&oldid=17074"