Fatema Rahman Assignment 2: Climate Graphs & Reference Maps Climographs:

Climograph for Alpine, California

4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 80 70 60 40 30 20 10 0 50

Months
Precipitation Temperature

Climograph for Barking Sands, Hawaii

4 3.5 3 82 80 78

74 72 70 68 66

1.5 1 0.5 0

Months
Precipitation Temperature

degrees F

inches

2.5

76

degrees F

inches

Climograph for Angelica, New York

5 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 30 20 10 0 70 60 50 40

Months
Precipitation Temperature

Climograph for Kissimmee 2, Florida

9 8 7 6 90 80 70

5 4 3 2 1 0

50 40 30 20 10 0

Months
Precipitation Temperature

degrees F

60

inches

degrees F

inches

Reference Maps:

I did the climographs for Alpine, Barking Sands, Angelica, and Kissimmee in California, Hawaii, New York, and Florida respectively. I noticed that in throughout the four climographs the rise in temperature always increased around summer time, with the peaks at July or August. For Alpine and Baking Sands, the precipitation bar graph followed the shape of a U. Precipitation decreased around summer time, with rises around January and December. The bar graph for the precipitation for Alpine and Kissimmee are in the shape of an upside down U, with peaks near the summer months. The precipitation decreased at the beginning of the year and the end of the year. This somewhat shows a pattern in the precipitation since the states to the west follow a similar pattern. Likewise, the states to the east follow the upside down U pattern in their precipitation. While I was creating the four reference maps of the United States, China, California, and Los Angeles I learned quite a bit about my surroundings. Having been familiar with the shape of the United States and the shapes of its various states since grade school, I did not notice anything new that was there. However, the reference map for China gave me the opportunity to learn, if not remember them all, the different provinces of China. That same thing goes for the names of the counties in California and the neighborhood names in Los Angeles. I also noticed that the boundary lines in the California counties have more straight lines from the eastern and northern edge while the middle counties and coastal counties have more squiggly lines. I learned that that boundary lines for the Los Angeles neighborhoods are mostly made up of straight lines with a few exceptions. The most obvious detail I noticed was that the United States divided itself into states while in China they are called provinces. I also learned about the number that is assigned to the states, provinces, and counties.

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