Geography

This week, I will introduce the geography of Antarctica. Last week, I introduced the history. I think you do not know much about Antarctica. So I wanted to let you know a little bit about the Antarctic to you. So I wanted to let you know a little bit about the Antarctic to you.


I think you know, Antarctica is located a little away. Then there is the other side of the Antarctic to the Arctic. Please look at the map of the world. As you can see a map of the world, Antarctica has not been drawn. Most Antarctic map is not drawn in this way. If the Antarctic is drawn on the map, the form of the Antarctic you become funny because Japan and the United States is the center of the map. From this reason, in the world map Antarctica has not been drawn.






The characteristic is not the only position. It is the size of the continent. More than 14,000,000 ㎢, an area as is the size of the fifth continent. Ｉt is equivalent to about 1.3 times in Europe! And Antarctica is a continent wide, which account for about one-twelfth of the Earth's land area!! However, in a large estate, there are few areas where you can live. Because Antarctica has the lowest average temperature, dried and exposed to strong winds. Antarctica is not a live environment like a human being.

In addition, there is a lot of ice in the Antarctic. 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice floor. The largest in the world, this is its thickness is 1.6 kilometers on average. It is said that there are 2,403 ㎦ the Antarctic ice. This accounts for 90% of the ice on the planet.

There is a place in the Antarctic where the sun does not come out at all, or where the sun does not sink. This is related to the fact that the South Pole is located in the vicinity of the axis of rotation of the Earth. Please see the figure. As shown in the figure, the Antarctic have time the sun does not sink at all and that the sun is not at all. At the South Pole, such a time is followed by about half a year. Antarctica is characteristic of hours of sunshine in this way.



I introduced a lot of the geography of Antarctica. Antarctica is unlike other areas. To examine the characteristics of the Antarctic is very interesting. That's why I was interested in the Antarctic. In this story, I think you know a little thing to Antarctica. If you felt it interesting, I I'm happy. Next week, I'm going to introduce animals in Antarctica. If you are interested in it, I hope you read my blog next week. Thank you for reading my blog!