Aqueducts! (Environmental Geography)

Italy still uses thousands year old aqueducts!
"Bridges for conveying water, called aqueducts or water bridges are constructed to convey watercourses across gaps such as valleys or ravines. The term aqueduct may also be used to refer to the entire watercourse, as well as the bridge."






--It pretty much carried water in a canal form. It was used around the Roman Empire, and allowed water to be available nearly everywhere their Empire stretched. What kept the water moving was the angles of the aqueducts.

"The word is derived from the Latin aqua ("water") and ducere ("to lead").".

Really amazing how the Romans calculated this kind of mechanism that helped transport water. We have pipes now, we definitely developed that kind of idea because of the aqueducts!

Here is a video that gives a demonstration of how an aqueduct works!

The Changing Italy Envirnoment (Environmental Geography)

"With its hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters, Italy experiences a Mediterranean climate." [Sounds like awesome weather to me, I mean they can grow a lot of things!]

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• Altitude, distance from the sea and aspect give local weather variations
• Winters are cold in the mountains
• The coasts are kept warm by the sea
• Winters from northern Europe spread south into Italy, bring snow to most mountains
• In summer, hot weather from Africa moves north to the whole country

"Italy is a country of extremely varied landscapes and consequently experiences a similarly varied climate. Between the north and south there can be a considerable difference in temperature, particularly during the winter. In Milan it could be −2°C (28.4 F) and snowing, while at the same time 8°C (46.4 F) in Rome and 20°C (68 F) in Palermo. The differences are less extreme in the summer."

Here how the weather is in January. 

Here how the weather is in July.

Sources. "KLB School Geography: Italy - Climate." KLB School Geography: Italy - Climate. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2013.




"Italian Climate, Average Temperatures, Rainfall, Hours of Sunshine, Regional Climate Italy, Weather Forecasts Italy, Climate Variations Italy." Italian Climate, Average Temperatures, Rainfall, Hours of Sunshine, Regional Climate Italy, Weather Forecasts Italy, Climate Variations Italy. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2013.

Images Use: http://www.klbict.co.uk/interactive/geography/italy/jultemp.jpg

http://www.klbict.co.uk/interactive/geography/italy/jantemp.jpg

Dimension and Location (Environmental Geography)

Internet source:http://www.climate-zone.com/climate/italy/

Image Source: http://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/italy-lat-long.html#

Chapter 1 (Economic and Social Development) Gross Domestic Product

Population Growth ( Population and Settlement)

Population

61,261,254 (July 2011 est.)


Population growth rate

0.38% (2011 est.)

Birth rate

9.06 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Death rate

9.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

Net migration rate

4.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 68% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

ROME (capital) 3.357 million; Milan 2.962 million; Naples 2.27 million; Turin 1.662 million; Palermo 872,000 (2009)



Infant mortality rate

total: 3.36 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.56 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 81.86 years
male: 79.24 years
female: 84.63 years (2011 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.4 children born/woman (2011 est.)



Nationality

noun: Italian(s)
adjective: Italian

Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)
about -2.82




"Italy Demographics Profile 2012." Italy Demographics Profile 2012. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2013.

http://www.indexmundi.com/italy/demographics_profile.html

Hi everyone!

I am going to do Italy since I think that country is beautiful and I hope to go there one day. So I will try and learn anything about it and post them here!




Italy is a country Europe. The way you can recognize the shape of Italy is by thinking it is a high heel boot kicking a rock.

The colors of the Italian flag represent three virtues: hope (green), faith (white), and charity (red).

Can be seen as the cradle of Western Civilization from your history class.

And the best part, it gave birth to pizza!