Sweden

Sweden

climate/temperature
1. north east
  1. winter temp. = -5 d.
  2. spring temp. = 4 d.
  3. summer temp. = 18 d.
  4. autumn temp. = 6 d.
  5. summer weather not extreme and humidity level low
  6. winters very severe
  7. summers suprisingly warm
2. north west
  1. winter temp. = -10 d.
  2. spring temp. = 1 d.
  3. summer temp. = 17 d.
  4. autumn temp. = 2 d.
  5. summer weather not extreme and humidity level low
3. south
  1. winter temp. = -1 d.
  2. spring temp. = 9 d.
  3. summer temp. = 22 d.
  4. autumn temp. = 10 d.
  5. winter average temp. = 0 d.
  6. winters quite short and cold
  7. summer like in southern England
    1. many more hours of sunlight
  8. winters shorter and milder
  9. daytime summer temp. range 15 d. - 25 d.
  10. air relatively humid
    1. makes summer feel hotter
    2. winter feels colder
  11. even in winter, snow rare around southern coasts
4. Sweden divided into 3 sections for temp. : north east, north west, and central/south Sweden
5. far north winters also very severe
  1. snow all year round in elevated areas
6. because high latitude long hours in summer and long nights in winter
7. central
  1. few d. colder than south
  2. temp. in Jan just below 0 d.
  3. snowfall more common
8. north
  1. few people live there
  2. sub-0 temp. for months
    1. winters are long, cold, and dry
  3. LOTS of snow
  4. summers short
    1. rise up to 15 d. and peaks at 30 d.
swedish landscape
1. dotted with thousands of lakes, freshwater streams and rolling hills
2. in north, few villages, small
  1. mostly nature
  2. very dramatic, rolling hills turn to mountains
3. on way south, lots of lakes, streams and birch & pine trees
4. Baltic island of Gotland, limestone peaks rise from sea
5. see every thing from deep-green potato fields to richest apple orchards in Europe
6. Sweden has LOTS of open landscape
animals and plants
1. different plants in different regions, but mostly consistant
2. animals
  1. most animals in Sweden are quite common in northern Europe
  2. moose most common animal in Sweden
    1. not big as American Moose but 2m high
  3. other animals in Sweden wolves, wolverines, bears, lynxes
3. trees
  1. Norway spruce
    1. despite name, tree native to Sweden
    2. largest spruce in the world
      1. grow up to 200' tall and 40' wide
    3. in good condition > grow 2'-3'/y
  2. towards the north coniferous trees
  3. towards the south deciduous trees
4. birds
  1. in forest all types of birds
    1. owls, hawks, eagles and more
  2. near the coastline ducks, swans, pelicans and herons
  3. some birds endangered like stork
5. fish
  1. large fish industry, fish varied
  2. trout, salmon, cod and carp
  3. many fishing areas; lakes
  4. catch LOTS of fish/y

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