Earth Science 7-Windhoek, Namibia

Windhoek, Namibia

Earth Science 7- Cities

Latitude/Longitude 23deg 33.67’SOUTH Longitude: 15deg 02.476’ EAST

Elevation Avg = 1251 meters

Major Bodies of Water The Atlantic Ocean runs along the West coast of Namibia

Climate

Climate Zone

AW (dry winter season) on Köppen climate chart </ref>http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/global/climate_max.htm

Cities with similar climate include Cape Town, South Africa Earth Science 7-Cape Town, South Africa

Average precipitation

January- 78.1 mm, 3.1 inches

February- 80.3 mm, 3.2 inches

March- 78.7 mm, 3.1 inches

April- 37.7 mm, 1.5 inches

May- 6.6 mm, 0.3 inches

June- 1.2 mm, 0.0 inches

July- o.7 mm, o.o inches

August- 0.9 mm, 0.0 inches

September- 2.8 mm, 0.1 inches

October- 11.8 mm, 0.5 inches

November - 26.9 mm, 1.1 inches

December- 41.7 mm, 1.6 inches

Yearly- 365.1 mm, 14.4 inches

Average temperature-degrees Celsius

January- min-17/max-29

February- min-16/max-28

March- min-15/max-27

April- min-13/max-25

May- min-9/max-22

June- min-7/max-20

July- min-6/max-10

August- min-8/max-23

September- min-10/max-12

October- min-10/max-15

November- min-10/max-15

December- min-10/max-17

Factors that Regulate the Climate

Namibia is on the coast of Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean. Windhoek is in the middle of the city. However, because Windhoek sits on the leeward side of a mountain, it does not get as much cold air from the ocean as it would if it was on the windward side instead. The elevation is not extremely high, so Windhoek is not exceptionally cold. Overall, there are no extreme climates (sea cools it in summer, mountainous air warms it in winter)

</ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT000470</ref>

Tectonic plate boundaries near Windhoek

Windhoek is located on the middle of the African plate, not close to any plate boundaries. The city is approximately 3,000 kilometers from the mid-ocean ridge.

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Rocks that underlie Windhoek

Windhoek sits on many metamorphic rocks, such as quartzite, schist, and dolomite. There used to be many sedimentary rocks, but they, over time, have been compressed to form these metamorphic rocks.

</ref>http://geology.about.com/library/bl/maps/n_map_namibia.htm</ref>