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1. Study Maps 1 & 2 and complete the table below.
2. N ow study Table 3 whichshowstemperatureguresandheightofdifferent  
places in Mauritius and Rodrigues.
(a) Re-arrange Table 3 in your copy book and start with the station having
the lowest height in Mauritius.
(b) Describe in one sentence what happens to the temperature with height.
ACTIVITY
Can you deduce that the temperature of a place decreases
with altitude (height above sea level)?
Place
Belle Rive
Rose Hill
Pamplemousses
Bambous
Temperature in January Temperature in July
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Picture 2
Mauritius
Rodrigues
Station Altitude
(height in metres
above sea level)
22.5
27.0
25.5
25
26.5
550
6
145
275
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Curepipe
Port Louis
Fuel
Citronelle
Pointe Canon
17
23
20
19
22
Temperatures (oC)
(Average monthly temperatures for
January and July)
January (summer) July (winter)
Table 3