Climates of the World Part 1 (From Worcester News)

Climates of the World Part 1

2:39pm Monday 26th November 2007 in News By Paul Damari

Zambia in Africa is mainly a region of grassland called the savannah. These areas vary from place to place, in some areas the trees grow more closely together creating more of an open forest. In other places only shrubs and stunted trees can survive the long cold dry winters. In November, summer begins, the rains come. Empty waterholes fill, lowlands flood and seeds left dormant in the soil germinate. The ground is then carpeted with an array of colourful flowers. As the flowers decay, grasses take their place and soon takes over.

Huge herds of animals on their annual migration to graze the abundant food source. North from the Zambian savannah is the Congo Basin where it rains throughout the year and the vegetation is tropical rain forest. South beyond the savannah is the Kalahari Desert, and still further south, around the tip of southern Africa, is a climate of wet winters and dry ,warm summers, much like that of countries bordering the Mediterranean.Next Week....Climates of the World Part 2.Last week's answer was: 290 million years ago.

This week's question....

The Congo Basin is it:A/ Dry throughout the year.B/ Wet throughout the year.Best of luck. Glossary

Acid Rain: Rain that is more acidic than normal precipitation because water vapour has condensed on to particles of sulphate or nitrogen oxide. Weather for period Monday 26th November-Friday 30th NovemberThe weather varied throughout this coming week. Monday cloudy mild and damp. Tuesday dry and mild with brightness. Wednesday some rain. Thursday fair weather followed by wind and some rain on Friday.Maximum temperature 10-13c 50-55f.Minimum temperature 6-8c 43-46f.Last Week's Observations (Monday-Sunday)Highest day temperature.........11.3c 52f on Thursday 22nd November.Lowest night temperature.......minus 4.1c 25f on Friday 23rd November.Wettest day..........................4.7 mm on Tuesday 20th November.