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Fuerteventura
The group of islands
called the Canary Islands is located in the Atlantic, west of
North Africa; the island of Fuerteventura is closest point at
only 52 miles due west from the coast of Morocco. The seven
main islands of Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote,
Fuerteventura, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro are all contained
within a 500km span.
Fuerteventura is second largest of the islands, and
has an area of 1660km2 (includes the island of Los Lobos, a smaller
island just off the northernmost point of
the island). Fuerteventura is thought to be the oldest island, the result of a volcanic eruption some 20 million years ago. |
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The landscape of the island can be describes as desert
like, and is due to its
geographical location. The winds of the Sahara Desert only a few
kilometres away bring the white sand to make up the beautiful beaches and
famous sand dunes. Corralejo sand dunes are the
most popular of the islands resorts, are now protected as a Natural Park, along with the Island of Los Lobos. |
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The
waters of the narrow strait that separates the two islands are also a
natural reserve, teaming with many species of fish and larger sea
dwellers, and being a superb site for diving. Jandia
Peninsular, which is also a Natural Park with the island having a
third of its area as protected land or nature areas including some that are
underwater.
The local population at
the last census in 2001 was about 70,000, which really means there
is only 38 people per km2, when you consider the other residents (non
human) the goat. This number (not the goats) is increased many times by
the thousands of tourists visiting this wonderful island time and time
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people believe the Canary Islands were named after
birds, when n reality, it is the other way around. All
of the worlds birds named after the islands are directly descended from those
originating
here by the Spanish Conquistadors. Due to their attractive colours and
singing abilities they were captured and taken back to other European
countries as pets. It is believed that the name was first given to |
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The
position of the islands, not too far above the tropic of Cancer, locates
them in a subtopic on approximately the same latitude as Orlando in
Florida and Delhi, India. You would imagine that this would make for
similar weather patterns and conditions to these cities, however the
weather patterns cannot be considered as anything like similar. The
Canaries all have a
fabulous all year round climate with even temperatures, warm winters and temperate summers.
The annual temperature variation is relatively small, with
year round averages of 20 – 27 degrees Celsius.
The
cooler winds, that come from the north and northeast, moderate the climate, when the wind direction changes
and the hot winds blow from across the Sahara Desert to the east, These
"calima" winds means
Fuerteventura can experience summer temperatures of 40 degrees!.
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| Rainfall
is also low and as little as 4 inches a year, which obviously
cannot provide the island with an adequate fresh water supply, so we
rely on a number of de-salination plants, which convert the
salt water from the sea, to provide the all the fresh water necessary
for both drinking and industrial use. |
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