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Albany, Aultralia How much direct sunlight does the city get, based on it's location on Earth?

**1.How far is the city from the equator? **


 * 2.Is the city near an ocean? Which one? How does the ocean affect the climate? **


 * 3.Describe the landforms around the city? Is it a mountainous region? Is it near a desert? Is it near a rain forest? How do the local landforms affect the climate? **


 * 4.Is it windy, dry, rainy, humid? Why? **


 * 5.When does winter/summer/fall/spring begin and end? Include specific dates of the year. **


 * 6.What does winter/summer/fall/spring look like & feel like in that city? Include specific temperatures, average rainfall, etc. **


 * 7.How long are the seasons? __Be sure to relate this to Earth's position in relation to the sun!!! __**


 * 8.What are the differences between the climates of the two cities? **


 * 9.Why do these differences exist? **

Answers for SPARTA. 1. Sparta gets anywhere from 3.8 hours of sunlight to 11.9 hours of direct sunlight. There is an average of 7.6 hours of direct sunlight per a day. 2. Sparta is 2596.38 repeating miles from the equator. 3. Sparta was built on the banks on the Evrotas River.The valley of the Evrotas is a bounded to the west by Mt. Taygetus and to the east by Mt.Parnon. 4. Sparta is snowy beceause is is higher up in the northern hemisphere in a colder area. 5. Spring starts on March 20. Summer starts on July 21. Fall starts on September 22. Winter starts on December 21. 6. In winter sparta is cold, wet, sometimes snowy, and windy. sunny pleasant day are very limited. During the Summer, it is dry warmish hotish and humid, much like where we live. during Spring and Fall it gets cold and then warmer and vise versa for fall. 7. Right now (Dec-10-2011, 11:55 A.M. or in sparta greece, 6:20 P.M.) it is 12 degrees Celcius. The average tempurature in sparta is 18.3 degrees celcius. The highest monthly high average tempurature in sparta is 33 degrees celcius. The lowest average low tempurature is 6 degrees celcius. Sparta gets 40.2 centimeters of rain year. 8.  9.  //** __Fast Facts__ **// **//__The time zone for Sparta is the EEST (Eastern European Summer Time.__//** Sparta was in a huge war with the Athens and Sparta won. Animals and other wildlife that live in sparta are the wild boar, the turkish gecko, the wall gecko, alot of snakes, (Indiana Jones would hate it there), our good old friends the loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles, glow worms, stick bugs, scorpions, coocko birds, this thing,Flying fish, plaice, sea horses(whose scientific name is hippocampus, which comes from the word ippocampi, which is a greek mythological monsterwhich was, in greek mythology, created by posidein the god of the sea), and many types of sharks.  __**Comparisons**__   **Albany has mountains and deserts around, while sparta is located on river banks in a valley. Sparta and Albany on on oppisite hemispheres therefore, their seasons are revirsed. While it is really warm in Albany, the climate changes all around the year in Sparta. Both albany and sparta have equal average tempuratures that are 65 degrees ferinhieght. In Albany it is very dry as in Sparta it is wet. Sparta gets 7.6 hours of sunlight on average, while Albany gets 7.2 hours of sunlight on average. The reason for these differences is that the are in different time zones, different hemispheres and or a different distance from the equator.**
 * 10.Add at least four interesting facts about the city/country you researched. **
 * What is the most popular occupation there? **
 * What are the typical foods that people eat there? **
 * What are their forms of recreation? **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Name animals that find their natural habitat there. **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">What foods/plants/medicines are grown there? **