Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Humanity Travel Blog

Hsinchu City

The first stop is here at Hsinchu in Taiwan. The climat here is Marine Tropical with common natural disasters such as earthquakes and typhoons. The highest temperature here is 39c while the lowest temperature here is 6c. This place is also known as "The Windy City" because of its strong winds. In Taiwan there are lots of mountains ranging from South to North. Some mountains even reaching over 100 meters.
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Australia, Coral Sea Islands

The Coral Sea Islands in Australia is a small and mostly uninhabited group of islands. These island covers 780,000 km2. There are about 30 separate reefs. The climate here is tropical. There are natural disasters here such as cyclones.


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Hawaii, Honolulu

Honolulu is the capital of Hawaii. The climate here is tropical with the highest degree of 95F and the lowest of 53F. This place if made of mostly volcanoes, underwater volcanoes ridges, sea mounts, and trenches.

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Oregon, Portland

Portland is a city located at Oregon. It's climate is Marine west coast. Winters can be very cold, the lowest degree -19c and the highest of 42c. There are mountain ranges and rugged cliffes in Oregon. Snowstorms and hail may appear in the winter.


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South America, Brazil

Brazil is a country located in South America. It is a large country that covers nearly half of South America. Brazil has 5 kinds of climates, equatorial, tropical, semiarid, highland tropical, and temperate. Brazil has different kinds of ecosystems, such as the Amazon rain forest. There are different kinds of landforms depending on where you are in Brazil. There can be large rainforests of high platues. The average temperature in Brazil 25c.
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China, Beijing

Beijing is a city located in China. It is built at the tip of North China Plain. Its climate is a humid continental climate. The average temperature in January is 1c and 30c in July. The air quality in Beijing is very bad and there are dust storms. Beijing is the second largest city that is smaller than Shanghai and is the capital of China. This is the city that hosted the 2008 Olympic games.

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Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo is one of the most populated places in the world with a population of over 8 million people. This places climate is a humid subtropical climate with hot humid and mild cool winters. Snowfall will happen irregularly but occurs almost every year. Tokyo has been known to be hit by several strong earthquakes. One earthquake was estimated to have a magnitude of 8.3 and killed 142,000 people. The average temperature Tokyo has ranges from 4c in January and 27 in August. Tokyo's main landforms consists of mountains, rivers, lakes, and valleys.

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Mitiaro, Cook Islands

Mitiaro is the fourth island located in the Cook Islands. It has volcanic origins and is stands in waters that is 14750 deep and its widest point across is 4 miles. Its center is flat and swampy with two freshwater lakes. The population here is very little that has less than 100 people. Aroung id surrounds a belt of fossilised corals between 20 to 40 feets high.





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