CHAPTER 14: THE CONCEPT OF A REGION – PHYSICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE & CULTURAL REGIONS
ACTIVITY
Look carefully at the two tables below. Think about the location of Birr and Valentia in Ireland. Write TWO sentences in your copybook to explain how the influence of the sea can be seen in the data shown in the tables. Use the figures from the tables to support your answer.
Fig. 5 Location of Birr and Valentia weather stations
AVERAGE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR VALENTIA, COUNTY KERRY jan feb mar apr may jun
jul
number of days with ground frost
TEMPERATURE mean temperature (°C) 6.8 7.5
SUNSHINE (hours)
mean daily duration RAINFALL (mm)
mean monthly total
AVERAGE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR BIRR, COUNTY OFFALY jan feb mar apr may
jun
TEMPERATURE mean temperature (°C) 4.6 number of days