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[[File:Frühlingsblumen Schneeglöckchen.jpg|thumb|Snowdrops after winter]] | |||
Spring is the season after winter, when temperatures rise. It gets warmer and summer is around the corner. Plants grow and flowers bloom. The landscape turns green again. Many animals give birth. The farmers mow grass to make hay. | Spring is the season after winter, when temperatures rise. It gets warmer and summer is around the corner. Plants grow and flowers bloom. The landscape turns green again. Many animals give birth. The farmers mow grass to make hay. | ||
==How long is spring?== | |||
<mapframe latitude="37.736" longitude="-122.421" zoom="8" width="300" height="200" align="right" />According to meteorologists (weather experts), spring begins on the first of March and ends on the 31<sup>st</sup> of May in the Northern Hemisphere, hence March, April, and May fall in this season. For astronomers, however, spring begins with the equinox. This is when days and nights are equally long, which takes place on the 21<sup>st</sup> or 22nd of March. Spring ends at the summer solstice, when the days are longest. Summer begins on the 20th or 21<sup>st</sup> of June. | |||
==What’s special about spring?== | |||
People have always considered spring an important time of the year. Warm clothes are not necessary anymore and people can spend time outside. Therefore, the beginning of spring has always been cause for celebration in many cultures. It is said that people are more likely to fall in love in spring than in any other season. | |||
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File:Spring April 2010-3.jpg|Flowers in Spring | |||
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Revision as of 18:00, 1 February 2020
Spring is the season after winter, when temperatures rise. It gets warmer and summer is around the corner. Plants grow and flowers bloom. The landscape turns green again. Many animals give birth. The farmers mow grass to make hay.
How long is spring?
According to meteorologists (weather experts), spring begins on the first of March and ends on the 31st of May in the Northern Hemisphere, hence March, April, and May fall in this season. For astronomers, however, spring begins with the equinox. This is when days and nights are equally long, which takes place on the 21st or 22nd of March. Spring ends at the summer solstice, when the days are longest. Summer begins on the 20th or 21st of June.
What’s special about spring?
People have always considered spring an important time of the year. Warm clothes are not necessary anymore and people can spend time outside. Therefore, the beginning of spring has always been cause for celebration in many cultures. It is said that people are more likely to fall in love in spring than in any other season.
Flowers in Spring
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