a. Where do high values of mean annual precipitation occur?   b. Where do low values of mean annual precipitation occur? Why?

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Using Figure 1 attached, draw in isoyhets at 250 mm intervals beginning at the 1000 mm line to show the pattern of mean annual precipitation over SW British Columbia and NW Washington State. Describe and explain this pattern by responding to the following questions.

 

a. Where do high values of mean annual precipitation occur?

 

b. Where do low values of mean annual precipitation occur? Why?

Vancouver
Island
1830.
Strait
840%
940°
of
Strait
10200
940°
Da
1580
1140
of
940°
1040°
860
Juan
3180°
Georgia
1140
970
640
8200
de
750
1020
690
690
740
4700
1470
Fucq
940
3740
2920
2760
690
Coast
C01940
1630
1420
3480
18009
990
23
2750
1070
2500
2490°
2590
3000-
Mountains
660
3500
3250
2250
2160
2000
1750
1600
11400
840°
820
93560
1140°
1520
1270
16000
1420
1520
15800
North
25700
Cascade
Mountains
1880
Transcribed Image Text:Vancouver Island 1830. Strait 840% 940° of Strait 10200 940° Da 1580 1140 of 940° 1040° 860 Juan 3180° Georgia 1140 970 640 8200 de 750 1020 690 690 740 4700 1470 Fucq 940 3740 2920 2760 690 Coast C01940 1630 1420 3480 18009 990 23 2750 1070 2500 2490° 2590 3000- Mountains 660 3500 3250 2250 2160 2000 1750 1600 11400 840° 820 93560 1140° 1520 1270 16000 1420 1520 15800 North 25700 Cascade Mountains 1880
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