Geografi Cardiff

Pusat Cardiff agak rata dan disempadani oleh bukit-bukit di pinggir timur, utara dan barat. Ciri-ciri geografi adalah berpengaruh dalam pembangunan pelabuhan arang batu terbesar di dunia terutama sekali kedekatan dan akses mudah untuk bidang arang batu di selatan Wales lembah.

Cardiff dibina di atas tanah paya tebus guna di atas katil Triassic batu-batu, tanah paya tebus guna ini terbentang dari Chepstow untuk Muara Ely, [7] yang merupakan sempadan semulajadi Cardiff dan Vale of Glamorgan. Landskap Triassic bahagian dunia ini biasanya cetek dan rendah yang akaun dan menerangkan kebosanan pusat Cardiff [8] klasik Triassic [Marl]], pasir dan konglomerat batu-batu yang digunakan sebahagian besarnya di seluruh Cardiff sebagai bahan binaan. Banyak batu-batu Triassic ini mempunyai kulit yang ungu, terutama pantai [Marl]] dijumpai berhampiran Penarth. Salah satu batu-batu Triassic yang digunakan di Cardiff "Radyr Batu", a biji yang kerana ia nama mencadangkan adalah quarried di daerah Radyr [9] Cardiff juga telah mengimport beberapa bahan-bahan untuk bangunan: Devonian batu pasir (batu pasir Merah Lama) dari Brecon Beacons telah digunakan. Paling terkenal, bangunan Cathays Park, pusat sivik di pusat bandar, yang dibina daripada Portland batu yang diimport dari Dorset [10] bangunan batu yang digunakan secara meluas di Cardiff kuning kelabu [Awal Jurassic | Liassic]] batu kapur batu Vale of Glamorgan, termasuk yang jarang berlaku. "Sutton Stone", sebuah konglomerat Lias batu kapur dan carboniferous batu kapur [11]

Cardiff bersempadan barat oleh daerah luar bandar Vale of Glamorgan juga dikenali sebagai Taman of Cardiff-[12] ke timur oleh bandar Newport, utara oleh South Wales dan di selatan oleh Severn River dan Bristol Channel. Taff River angin melalui pusat bandar dan bersama-sama dengan Ely River mengalir ke tasik air tawar Cardiff Bay. Sungai ketiga, Rhymney River mengalir melalui timur bandar yang memasuki terus ke dalam muara Severn.

Cardiff terletak berdekatan Glamorgan Warisan Pantai, yang menjangkau ke arah barat dari Penarth dan Barry-komuter bandar-bandar Cardiff dengan berjalur kuning-biru Jurassic cenuram batu kapur. Pantai Glamorgan adalah hanya sebahagian daripada Celtic Laut yang telah mendedahkan [Jurassic]] (biru Lias) geologi. Pantai, yang mempunyai terumbu, sandbanks dan tebing-tebing bergerigi, regangan ini adalah kapal perkuburan; barat kapal-kapal yang belayar sehingga ke Cardiff semasa era perindustrian yang sering tidak pernah dibuat jauh sebagai Cardiff seberapa banyak yang rosak di sekitar persisiran pantai ini bermusuhan semasa / Gales barat. Oleh itu, penyeludupan, sengaja shipwrecking dan serangan ke atas kapal-kapal biasa.[13]

Destinations from CARDIFF
LlantrisantPontypridd, Brecon, Caerphilly, Aberdare, RhonddaNewport, Chepstow
Maesteg, Neath, BridgendBristol Channel
   CARDIFF    
Llantwit Major, Cardiff International AirportPenarth, Dinas Powys, BarryBristol Channel

Cityscape

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City centre apartment and hotel towers

"Inner Cardiff" consists of the following wards: Penylan, Plasnewydd, Gabalfa, Roath, Cathays, Adamsdown and Splott ward on the north and east of the city centre, and Butetown, Grangetown, Riverside and Canton to the south and west.[14] The inner-city areas to the south of the A4161 road (known as the "Southern Arc") are, with the exception of Cardiff Bay, some of the poorest districts of Wales with low levels of economic activity.[15] On the other hand Gabalfa, Plasnewydd and Cathays north of the 'arc' have very large student populations,[16] and Pontcanna (situated north of Riverside and alongside Canton) is a favourite for students and young professionals. Penylan, which lies to the north east side of Roath Park, is an affluent area popular with those with older children and the retired.

"Suburban Cardiff" can be broken down into three distinct areas.[penyelidikan asli?] To the west lie Ely, Caerau and Fairwater which contain some of the largest housing estates in the United Kingdom. With the exception of some of the outlying privately built estates at Michaelston Super Ely and 1930s developments near Waun-Gron Road, this is an economically disadvantaged area with high numbers of unemployed households. Culverhouse Cross is a more affluent western area of the city. Radyr, Llandaff, Llandaff North, Whitchurch & Tongwynlais, Rhiwbina, Heath, Llanishen, Thornhill, Lisvane and Cyncoed which lie in an arc from the north west to the north east of the centre can be considered the main middle class suburbs of the city. In particular, Cyncoed, Radyr and Lisvane contain some of the most expensive housing in Wales. Further to the east lie the wards of Pontprennau & Old St Mellons, Rumney, Pentwyn, Llanrumney and Trowbridge. The latter three are again largely of public housing stock, although new private housing is being built in Trowbridge in considerable number. Pontprennau is the newest 'suburb' of Cardiff, whilst Old St Mellons has a history going back to the Norman Conquest in the 11th century.[17]

To the north west of the city lies a region that may be called "Rural Cardiff" containing the villages of St. Fagans, Creigiau, Pentyrch, Tongwynlais and Gwaelod-y-garth.[18] St. Fagans, home to the Museum of Welsh Life, is protected from further development.[19]

Since 2000, there has been a significant change of scale and building height in Cardiff, with the development of the city centre's first purpose-built high-rise apartments.[20] Tall buildings have been built in the city centre and Cardiff Bay, and more are planned.[21] A luxury hotel, Bayscape, has been granted planning permission at the Cardiff International Sports Village and it will be the tallest building in Wales upon completion.[22]

Iklim

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Cardiff lies within the north temperate zone and has an essentially maritime climate, characterised by mild weather that is often cloudy, wet and windy.[23] Summers tend to be warm and sunny, with average maximum temperatures between 19 °C (66 °F) and 22 °C (72 °F). Winters tend to be fairly wet, but rainfall is rarely excessive and the temperature usually stays above freezing. Spring and autumn feel quite similar and the temperatures tend to stay above 14 °C (57 °F)—also the average annual daytime temperature. Rain is unpredictable at any time of year, although the showers tend to be shorter in summer.[24]

The northern part of the county, being higher and inland—e.g. The Garth (Bahasa Wales: Mynydd y Garth), about 7 batu (11 km) north west of Cardiff city centre, (elevation 1,007 kaki (307 m))—tends to be cooler and wetter than the city centre.[petikan diperlukan][25]

Suhu

Cardiff's maximum and minimum monthly temperatures average 21.3 °C (70.3 °F) (August) and 2.1 °C (35.8 °F) (January and February).
For Wales, the temperatures average 19.1 °C (66.4 °F) (July) and 1.1 °C (34.0 °F) (February).[26][27]

Jam sinar matahari

Cardiff has 1518 hours of sunshine during an average year (Wales 1388.7 hours). Cardiff is sunniest during July, with an average 203.4 hours during the month (Wales 183.3 hours), and least sunny during December with 44.6 hours (Wales 38.5 hours).[26][27]

Curah hujan

Cardiff experiences less rainfall than Wales as a whole.

Rain falls in Cardiff on 146 days during an average year, with total annual rainfall of 1,111.7 milimeter (43.77 in). Monthly rainfall pattern shows that from September to January average monthly rainfall in Cardiff exceeded 100 milimeter (3.9 in) each month, the wettest month being December with 128 milimeter (5.0 in). Cardiff's dryest months are from April to July, with average monthly rainfall fairly consistent, at between 60.5 milimeter (2.38 in) and 65.9 milimeter (2.59 in).[26][27]

Rain falls in Wales on 165.5 days during an average year, with total annual rainfall of 1,435.9 milimeter (56.53 in). Monthly rainfall pattern shows that from September to January average monthly rainfall in Wales exceeded 120.0 milimeter (4.72 in) each month, the wettest month being December with 173.3 milimeter (6.82 in) Wales' dryest months are from April to July, with average monthly rainfall fairly consistent, at between 78.4 milimeter (3.09 in) and 85.9 milimeter (3.38 in).[26][27]