Global Commons - Antarctica - Mindmap in A Level and IB Geography

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Location
- Antarctica - Location
  - East Antarctic Ice Sheet
    - Largest of the two ice sheets on the planet. Holds enough ice to raise sea levels by 50m.
  - West Antarctic Ice Sheet
    - Covers west side of the Trans antarctic Mountains.
  - Antarctic Convergence
- Coldest, driest and windiest continent (Ice Desert).
- Fifth largest continent and covers 14,000,00 sq.km.
- Coastline is fringed by ice sheets.
- Southern most continent on Earth. It is almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle.
Northern most part of the continent. Located at the base of the southern hemisphere.
- Antarctic Peninsula
  - Antarctica - Location
    - East Antarctic Ice Sheet
      - Largest of the two ice sheets on the planet. Holds enough ice to raise sea levels by 50m.
    - West Antarctic Ice Sheet
      - Covers west side of the Trans antarctic Mountains.
    - Antarctic Convergence
Curve continuously encircling Antarctica. Varying latitude seasonally - where warm water meets cold northern water.
Antarctic Divergence
- Region 60* South of the Antarctic Polar Front. where high salinity North Atlantic Deep Water up well from 200m to just below the surface.

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