Earth Science 7 - Dakar, Senegal

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Earth Science 7 - Dakar, Senegal

14˚45’00.82”N/17˚20’00.85”W

Elevation: 6.096 m

Large body of Water: Atlantic Ocean

Climate - BSh - hot, semi-arid

Earth Science 7-Cities

Average Monthly Temp. (C) Min. Max.

Jan. 17 25 Feb. 17 25 March 17 25 April 18 25 May 20 26 June 23 29 July 25 30 Aug. 25 30 Sep. 24 30 Oct 24 30 Nov. 23 29 Dec. 20 27

Average Monthly Precipitation

Jan. 0 mm Feb. 0 mm March 0 mm April 0 mm May 0 mm June 18 mm July 89 mm Aug. 254 mm Sept. 132 mm Oct. 38 mm Nov. 3 mm Dec. 8 mm

The climate in Dakar, Senegal is affected very much by it's topography and location. It's topography effects it because it is located on the coast, which means that the air pressure there is low. Because the city is located in the 20° latitudes, it is affected only a little by the doldrums or the horse latitudes, and it's climate is very tropical because it is somewhat near the equator. The ocean current nearest to it is a warm, salty surface current called the Canary Current. The vegetation near Dakar is very diverse with tropical rain forest and forest savannah.

Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Senegal http://www.climatetemp.info/senegal/