Harbours to Highlands A Geography Manual
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“Physical Regions of Canada”
Supplementary Exercise

Beqi White lived in Seymour River, North Vancouver for six years. Beqi remembers that there was lots of rain from spring to the fall.

In January and February, Beqi used to go skiiing. The climate was so warm in British Columbia that when she reached the top of the hills covered with man-made snow, she saw people dressed in shorts and enjoying the sun. Beqi recalls January 10, 2001, as being a beautiful day with a temperature of 9 degrees Celsius!

If you needed to drive from southern British Columbia to northern British Columbia, most of your drive was along the cliffs of the mountains. Scary!

Beqi loved a lot about British Columbia, but what she loved the best was the fact that it was beautiful!

Questions

Do a bit of research.


1. Find Vancouver on a map. Vancouver is the third largest city in Canada.
  How big is Vancouver? (in square kilometers)  
2. What is the average rainfall on Vancouver's coast?
3. Vancouver is at approximately how many degrees latitude and longitude?
4. Beqi said that the climate in Vancouver is very mild. What is the average temperature in January?
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