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If you want to tell me something, please use the discusstion on this page rather than typing what you want to say on this page. Thank you. Richard William, Bryson, and Kevin. This is what I have learned so far in my class. These are the main things I learned that affects climate. Did you know that location, landscape, and ocean currents all effect the climate? Also, you might think that climate is just the weather for one day. Actually, it's the weather for a whole year or so! It's the average weather for many years. Weather is only the condition of one day. Cool, right? Did you also know that in parts of Seattle (where our island is closely located) the currents are cold? That means that our island can be cold. That's just pure logic. And, we can also make it a bit warm because some warm currents go there too. Tell me if you have anymore other ideas.

-Richard

Ok. These are some aditional facts that you might want to know. Our island size is about half the size of Madagasgar, or 6 times the size of Taiwain. Some of our physical geography about our island: Lakes, mountains, forests, valleys, and rivers. We have one river that splits into two ways. One goes West and one goes East. Also, the river starts from our mountain and flows through a valley (the river starts North ofcourse). So far the only types of natural vegetation I found that grows in our island is the evergreen forests that also grow in Washington (which is close to our island). There is an average amount of precipitation in the island. It ranges from about 4mm to 8mm every month (acording to seasons the amount varies). I'll learn more and tell you much more later. ~Richard

I think I have some more information to share. Our island's climate is a marine or mediterranean climate. This is a climate where we have dry, hot summers and cold, rainy winters. Ofcourse, we can also sometimes make the temperature drop sometimes to make it snow. The average precipitation actually ranges from 0 cm to 0.6 cm. That is 0 mm to 6 mm. Also, This is the average temperature for the months (please note that this is the average temperature, not how much it can drop or increase). Jan: 5 degrees C. Feb: 6 degrees C. March: 8 degrees C. April: 10 degrees C. May: 13 degrees C. June: 16 degrees C. July and August: 18 degrees C. Sept: 16 degrees C. Oct: 11 degrees C. Nov: 7 degrees C. Dec: 4 degrees C. This is the average temperature for the months. It also usually rains mostly on during: Jan, Feb, Sept, Oct, Nov, and Dec. This is the precipitation amount in mm (from Jan to Dec). 4 mm, 5 mm, 2 mm, 2 mm, 1 mm, 1 mm, 0 mm, 1 mm, 3 mm, 3 mm, 6 mm, and 3 mm. That's all I have for now. Oh, and our exact island location is 45 degrees North and 135 degrees West.

~Richard

For the past few days in location and climate I have been working on a powerpoint on Colossal Island. I have made a graph on the climate. It is about the average precipitation per month, and average temperature. We also had to write a paragraph about Colossal Island. Now the only thing I have left to do is decorating my powerpoint and getting finished geographical map from you william. Guys, this is what I need to finish by Friday. I promise you my best effort will go into this powerpoint

~Richard

Hi everybody!! In this page I will be telling you the best I can of what i learned in map making. I am not very good, but I will try my best. As you see now, I have not posted any thing on it, but i will when I have time.

What I have learned in Mr. Rowe's map making is that for map making, you have to download a system called Inkspace. Once you download it, you can start building a map! I don't really know how to make a platform for your map, because when we opened it, Mr. Rowe already had one for us. In Inkspace, there are many selections, such as free hand drawing, where you can draw the shape of your island, lake, river,etc. There is also the expand/shrink tool, it will have a lot of dots when you click on one of your free hand drawings. With that, you can expand or shrink your landform in many different ways.

I was thinking of one of the mountains being called Mt. Mammoth, and I only have 1 mountain so far. We have the capital city be called Techno City. I really need some idea's from you guys, because I'm not that good at thinking up names. Should we have a bridge of mountains? Or a valley? I was thinking that we should have a bridge of mountain's and have a valley or gorge in between. I also drew 2 small islands near the top right and left corners of our island. Are we going to have any crops that grow there? And how many people will be living there? You guys can comment about it in the map making discussion.

~William

Here is my map in progress! Please feel free to comment. (It's a little too big...)

Um..... I am sorry, but we are having some technical difficulties with putting my picture on this page. So if you want to look at my map, please go to map making and you will find it. I will also be posting my flag soon. Thank you for your cooperation

~William