Antarctic

Anta?rktika - the Antarctic region the terrestial globe, that includes and the adjacent to it sections , Indian and of oceans (sometimes these parts of the oceans separate into the the separate Southern Ocean). The border of Antarctic passes to the limits of 48-60° yu.w. Total area of approximately 52 MmІ.

Antarctic - the most severe region Earth with low temperatures of air, high winds, snowy storms and fogs. Continent and adjacent islands have integumentary ice formation. In the subantarctic regions mean temperatures of the warmest month of +y0°.Ch, the coldest from 0° to?y0°.Ch.

Cold Antarctic waters are rich by the krill (small the crustaceans) and by fish. Many seals here are conducted, it is sealskin and the whales. On coast dwell such marine birds, as pomorniki and the albatrosses, and also eight forms the penguins. On the islands - tundra vegetation, is many birds.

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