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Geography (Arctic (Borders (Alaska (US), Cananda, Russia, Greenland…
Geography
Arctic
Fills up almost all the Arctic circle
Arctic circle
66° North
Borders
Alaska (US)
Cananda
Russia
Greenland (Denmark)
Its an ocean
Svalbard
Average Temperature
Summer 5°
Winter -20°
77° North, 22° East - North of Norway
Capital is Longyearbyen
Coal Mining Town
242km²
2144 population
Exploration
North west passage charted by John Rae in 1851
Claims
Denmark
USA
Military
Oil
Russia
Military
Oil
Canada
Military
NW passage
Mining minerals
1/4 of the worlds undiscovered oil and gas is thought to be in the Arctic
Fragile Environments
Environments that are vulnerable and easily disturbed by humans and nature.
Reasons
Fine balance between predators and prey
It might be a small ecosystem
Living things may need specific conditions eg. ice
New species can destroy unadapted local animals
Increasing Threat
People move there
Global Warming and Climate change
They cross borders making coordination and protection difficult
They're in poor countries making aid difficult
Rainforest
Topics
Between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
They harbour much animal life
Tree features
Butress roots
drip tips
Layers
Emergent 38m
Canopy 29m
Understory 17m
Undergrowth 5m
Rainforests
Amazon South America
Congo Basin
Madagascar
Indonesia
Hot and Humid
Destuction
Deforestation
To get wood
To get more land
Roads
Cattle faming
Mining
Shanty towns
To get crops
Cattle farming
To get meat
Sustainable Management
Agroforestation Growing trees
Eco tourism
Population Geography
Most populous contries
India 1.3 billion
Usa 0.32 billion
China 1.4 billion
People tend to live near water or other resources and not on mountains deserts and steppes
Demographic Transition Model
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Antarctic