Canary Islands:
Rescue teams resumed searching for at least 48 migrants who went messing the day before when their boat overturned just as it was being rescued off Spain’s Canary Islands.
- Canary Islands is an archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean.
- It is about 1300 km South of mainland Spain and 115 km West of the African coast (Morocco).
- The Canaries comprise the Spanish provinces of Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
- These Islands were formed by volcanic eruptionsmillions of years ago.
- They have a subtropical climate. Temperatures are warm and show little seasonal variation.
- It has rich volcanic soils and mild temperatures that support a wide variety of vegetation that generally follows a zonal arrangement based on elevation.
- Archipelago is a term used to describe a group or chain of islands that are closely scattered in a body of water, such as a sea, ocean, lake, or river.
