For my country Tanzania, the minimum and maximum latitude is
-1.36 to 10.94 with a minimum and maximum longitude of 34 to -34.06. For the
capital city, Dodoma's latitude is -6.20 with the longitude of 35.74. Tanzania
is located in the Southern Hemisphere, just a little below the equator. The
atmospheric cell my country resides in is the Hadley cell. The southern Hadley
cell is where there are southeasterly trades with the wind directing towards
the northwest. Tanzania is near the equatorial low which is one of the main
pressure belts. The equatorial low is
where the warm rising air from the equator is associated with low pressure. It
is also near the doldrums because the country is right below the equator where
the North and South trade winds meet.
For my country Tanzania, it seems to be humid all year long
and is mostly sunny with a few rains here and there. Because of it's location
it usually doesn't snow except on top of Mt. Kilimanjaro when it can get to
below 0 degrees. Since Tanzania is in the Hadley cell, air seems to be hot and evaporation
increases which make the air to become humid and moist. Tanzania is close to
the intertropical convergence zone where there's also a high precipitation
band. During the hot seasons, the Southeasterly trade winds usually cease which
causes no wind. Lastly, Tanzania is close to the doldrums where the North and
South tradewinds meet, causing light winds and humid conditions.
In Tanzania, there are two mountains: Mt. Kilimanjaro and
Mt. Meru. Five breezes and winds that are associated with mountains include the
mountain breeze, valley breeze, Chinook, Foehn, and the eddy. There are
possible winds and breezes that could be experienced with the mountains in
Tanzania like the mountain and valley breeze, and the eddy. Winds that wouldn't
occur would be the Foehn and the Chinook because the Chinook deals with the
Rocky Mountains as the Foehn winds deals with the Alps. Yes my country has a
coastline. With a coastline, you also deal with a few winds and breezes
including the land breeze and the sea breeze. Because my country is on the coast
of the Atlantic Ocean, there will definitely be land and sea breezes happening.
Tanzania is the opposite in wind systems compared to my country of China. Tanzania is located near the equatorial low and China is located in the equatorial High. China isn’t as close to the equator as Tanzania so it allows Tanzania to be near the doldrums. There are only two mountain regions in Tanzania while in China the mountain region makes up two-thirds of the country which allows the access of the different mountain breezes to control the region’s climate. China also has access to the sea breezes like the country of Tanzania. The sea breezes come from the Indian Ocean for China and the sea breezes usually roll over the mountains into China.
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