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Under Managua, the primary rocks that can be found are sedimentary or igneous. | Under Managua, the primary rocks that can be found are sedimentary or igneous. |
Revision as of 20:21, 21 February 2011
Managua, Nicaragua
- Geography
Population: 973,087
http://population.mongabay.com/population/nicaragua/3617763/managua
Weather
Temperature
- Climate(for the whole year)
- Hottest: 34 Degrees Celsius
- Coolest: 20 Degrees Celsius
- Per Month
- Jan.
- High: 30
- Low: 21
- Feb.
- High: 30
- Low: 24
- Mar.
- High: 30
- Low: 26
- April
- High: 32
- Low: 28
- May
- High: 32
- Low: 27
- June
- High: 31
- Low: 26
- July
- High: 31
- Low: 26
- August
- High: 31
- Low: 25
- September
- High: 31
- Low: 26
- October
- High: 31
- Low: 24
- November
- High: 30
- Low: 24
- December
- High: 30
- Low: 24
- Jan.
- Precipitation (mm)
- January: 5
- February: 1
- March: 5
- April: 5
- May: 76
- June: 296
- July: 134
- August: 130
- September: 182
- October: 283
- November: 59
- December: 5
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT001890 [3]
Climate
- (Using the Koppen Classification System) Climate type A
Because Managua is near the equator it receives nearly vertical rays of sunlight, thus it is hotter than a lot of places. Managua temperature is close to the same thing all year round because it is on the edge of a large lake. Water heats and cools slower than land so the temperature of this city does to. Nicaragua switches between high and low pressure.
http://geography.about.com/od/physicalgeography/a/koppen.htm
Geography
Plate Boundaries
Managua lies on the Carribean Plate, and is approximatly 40 miles from the Carribean/ Pacific Plate.
Rocks
Under Managua, the primary rocks that can be found are sedimentary or igneous.