Sheldrake Lake
| Sheldrake Lake | |
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  Sheldrake Lake | |
| Location | Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Coordinates | 44°40′34″N 63°47′52″W / 44.67621°N 63.79789°W |
| Type | Lake |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Surface area | 0.19 km2 (0.073 sq mi) |
| Surface elevation | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Settlements | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Sheldrake Lake is a lake in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.[1][2] Sheldrake Lake is 76 metres (249 ft) above sea level, and has a surface area of 0.19 square kilometres (0.073 sq mi). It drains to Five Island Lake. It stretches 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) in the north-south direction, and 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) kilometres in the east-west direction.
Otherwise, there are the following at Sheldrake Lake:
Sheldrake Lake is surrounded primarily by forests. Around Sheldrake Lake, it is quite densely populated, with 108 inhabitants per square kilometre.[3] The tract is part of the hemiboreal climate zone. The annual average temperature in the funnel is 6 °C. The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is 18 °C, and the coldest is January, with -8 °C. Average yearly average is 1 826 millimetres. The rainy month is December, with an average of 299 mm rainfall, and the driest is May, with 84 mm rainfall.
References
[edit]- ^ Observation, Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Earth Sciences Sector; Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth. "Atlas of Canada 1,000,000 National Frameworks Data, Hydrology - Major River Basin". geogratis.gc.ca.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "GeoNames.org". www.geonames.org.
- ^ "Land Cover Classification (1 year) - NASA". Land Cover Classification (1 year) - NASA. 13 June 2017.