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Lab 16d: earth: island chain biomes

MigrationBelow are two maps:

  • Map of the state of Hawaii, from Niihau to our island
  • Map of the entire island chain, including the wildlife preserve in progressthe forNorthwest Hawaiian islands, known as papahanaumokuakea: "a sacred area from which all live springs" in Hawaiian legend
  • Please read this before you make that map: https://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/about/name.html
Your challenge is to make two large wall maps and find the biomes on each map
Some things you need to include in your maps:
  1. a legend of the biomes
  2. wind direction
  3. ocean currents
  4. annual precipitation at each biome
  5. highest point on each island

Hawaii-map-L.jpg
Hawaii-map-L.jpg

Hawaiian-Archipelago-map-L.jpg
Hawaiian-Archipelago-map-L.jpg

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