Our Global Village Location
Atlantic Canada Our Global Village Location We live in the region often referred to as Atlantic Canada
Region - A distinctive part of the earth that has consistent or easily recognizable physical or cultural features such as: coastal regions rainforests resource base (corn belt) political structure and political boundaries ethnic regions cultural regions (religion, language) income (developed or developing country) The scale or size of a region can vary greatly Example: Annapolis Valley, Atlantic Canada or North America could all be regions used to describe a region We live in the region often referred to as Atlantic Canada The Atlantic Region The Atlantic Region is also known as The Appalachian Highlands and is found on Canadas east coast Four of Canadas provinces make upAtlantic Canada: Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Newfoundland/Labrador The Atlantic Region Atlantic Canada is found on the east coast of North America next to the Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Region You are here! Location Relative Location
We often ask questions such as Where did it happen? and How do you get there? We can answer with a relative location or an absolute location Relative Location The general location of a place described in terms of distance or direction from another place The use of landmarks, eg. 400 meters past the soccer field Time reference, eg.About 10 minutes down highway #1 Compass Direction, eg. Travel SW until you reach Smith Rd. In front of Scotiabank Centre on Brunswick Street in Halifax after White Juan, the Blizzard of 2004 Location Absolute Location
We often ask questions such as Where did it happen? and How do you get there? We can answer with a relative location or an absolute location Absolute Location The exact location of a point on the Earths surface identified by coordinates Grid references, latitude, longitude, street address Knowing the specific location of tropical storms and hurricanes helps people in Atlantic Canada prepare for potential natural disasters Latitude and Longitude
Globes, maps, and charts have a system of North-South and East-West lines which make up the Earths Grid This grid is the basis for locating points on Earth Imagine a piece of graph paper covering the planet A coordinate is the intersection of two lines (latitude and longitude) determines the exact location of a point C4! You sunk my battleship! The Earths imaginary grid works in a similar way as you would play the game Battleship Latitude Imaginary lines on the surface of the Earth, drawn east to west to show the distances north or south of the earth's equator Zero degrees latitude is the equator, the "belt" that goes around the "waist" of the earth 90 degrees north is the North Pole and 90 degrees south is the South Pole Equator Divides the earth into 2 halves
Line midway between the poles around the earths circumference Above the equator is north, below is south Longitude Longitude: Imaginary lines on the Earth's surface drawn north to south from pole to pole to show distances east or west from the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, England. Prime Meridian Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North North North North Longitude: 65 W Latitude: 45 N West West West West East East South South South South Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North Latitude 20 N Longitude 80 W Latitude 20 N Longitude 80 W West East South Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North Latitude 50 S Longitude 120 E West East South Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North West East Latitude 30 S Longitude 50 W South Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North West East Latitude 20 S Longitude 150 E South Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North Latitude 35 N Longitude 85 W West East South International Date Line
An imaginary line on the surface of theEarththat runs from the north pole to the south pole and is used to indicate the change of one calendar day to the next It passes through the middle of the Pacific Ocean, roughly following the180line oflongitude,but deviating to pass around some territories and island groups A traveler crossing the IDL westbound adds 24 hours to their clock, advancing the calendar date by one day Crossing the IDL eastbound results in 24 hours being subtracted The world is divided into 24 time zones NS, NB, and PEI are in the Atlantic Time Zone NFLD has its own time zone known as the Newfoundland Time Zone which is 30 minutes ahead of the rest of Atlantic Canada The Facts The Earth rotates once every 24 hours
There are 360 in a circle It takes 24 hours for the earth to make a 360rotation The Earth rotates from West to East 360 = 24 hours 15 = 1 hour