Papers on Geography
Colombia
Words: 522 - Pages: 2.... cordillera
contains the volcanos known as the Huila and the Tomlima the central
cordillera also desends to the marshy jungles.The southern portions regions
are called Selvas they are drained by the caqueta and the Amazon
rivers.natural resources are coffee,allovial fertile soil {Colombia
contains several fertile low lying valleys,but only about 5% of the
country`s land area,chiefly at higher elevations,is cultivated.Soil
exhaustion and erosion,largely the result of primitive slash
burningfarming methods,are problems in argricultural regions}
,salt,oil,gold,fine timber hardwoods,
rice,cacao,tobacco,bananas,beans,maize sugar,illegal drugs i .....
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Distinctly Canadian
Words: 2428 - Pages: 9.... a short time for a country to
exist, we have many images that make us very culturally rich in everyway.
Probably the most important images, practices, and items come for our friend,
the American Indians (or Native Americans). They were a definite asset to
Canada's cultural growth.
The American Indians came into Canada in a series of migrations that
occurred during the last stages of the Pleistocene Ice Age, Mongoloid peoples
from Asia entered North America, probably crossing the Bering Strait. Gradually
they spread over the continent and into South America. By 1600, more than
250,000 of their aboriginal descendants inhabited what is now Ca .....
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The Azores Islands
Words: 1524 - Pages: 6.... F and rarely ever higher than 80 F. You can always find wave-lovers, fisherman all across Santa Maria.
Sao Miguel is the largest of the nine islands. There are some stories that have been told about this island. One of the tales is about Set Cidades, which is a lake, caught between two mountainsides. When you walk across the lake you see shades of blue and green. The tale states that there once lived a princess whom fell in love with a shepherd. Her father, the king, would not allow them to be together, so he set the princess, who had green eyes, on one mountain top, and the shepherd, who had blue eyes, on the other. They say that th .....
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Mount Ruapehu
Words: 2060 - Pages: 8.... formed when hot pyroclastic material comes into contact with external water (from the crater lake, melted snow or ice and heavy rainfall), pyroclastic flows - collapse of eruption column causes a hot concentrated flow of debris and gas, and Ash fall - fine volcanic particles held in suspension. Other hazards include the remobilisation of ash, volcanic tremors and avalanches. A future eruption would effect population, buildings, transport, water supply, livestock and crops. In the event of an eruption many of the surrounding villages (especially in the valleys) would have to be evacuated.
LOCATION:
Mt. Ruapehu is situated in North Island .....
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France
Words: 962 - Pages: 4.... The people could be divided into three groups, the Nobles, the Clergy, and the rest. At this time the peasants owned 80 percent of the land, but had no rights at all. To add to their misery, the food was in short supply. It is estimated that on the eve of the French Revolution one-fifth of the population had no resources at all.
World War I broke out August 1914, setting , Russia, Britain, Belgiumand Serbia at war with Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Everyone assumed the war would be over in a few months. Instead, the war lasted for four years. Germany finally agreed to sign an armistice on November 11, 1948. (A kind of .....
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Rome
Words: 681 - Pages: 3.... Minor in the 2d century BC and Egypt in the first
(after the defeat and suicide of Antony and Cleop atra, 30 BC). All the
Mediterranean civilized world up to the disputed Parthian border was now
Roman, and remained so for 500 years. " Less civilized regions were added
to the Empire: Gaul (conquered by Julius Ceaser, 56-49 BC), Britain (43
AD) and Dacia , NE of the Danube (117 AD)."(1:721)
" The original republican government, with democratic features added in
the fourth and fifth centuries BC, deteriorated under the pressures of
empire and class conflict (Gracchus brothers, social reformers, murdere d
133,121; slave revolts 135,73). .....
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China's Cities And Places
Words: 486 - Pages: 2.... China's
main seaport. Numerous rivers as well as China's Grand Canal system run
through the city, situated on the Bohai Gulf of the Pacific Ocean (it's
been compared to Houston, Texas, which sits on the Gulf of Mexico). With a
population of 9.3 million, Tianjin is China's third largest city. Hefei is
the capital of east China's Anhui Province. The city, divided into north
and south sectors by the Yangtze River, boasts 600,000 people and is a
developing industrial and education center. Xiamen is nicknamed the "Sea-
Floating Garden." The harbor city of southeast China's Fujian Province is
mainly comprised of an island off the East China .....
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Chile
Words: 879 - Pages: 4.... in February of that year, and appointed a Cabildo (Council)
of Conquistadores to control local affairs.
II. COLONIAL RULE
In December of 1553, Valdivia set out for the fort of Concepcion to avenge
the death of three soldiers, after word had reached him that the Indians had
murdered them. He did not know the Indians had an ambush prepared for him.
Valdivia was captured and executed, his entire army was also killed.
The Spaniards eventually dominated CHILE During this period CHILE was a
Captaincy General of Spain and supposedly governed from Peru, where Spain had a
more important government because Peru was rich in Inca .....
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The Chinese Culture
Words: 1579 - Pages: 6.... was a boy.
They lived in a house which had a huge very thick roof. The man had built the
roof so thick because it rained almost every day. He hated the rain. He knew
it had its benefits but too much of it ruined his crops, destroyed his livestock
and every time it rained the roof of the house was destroyed. And every time
the man rebuilt it, he made it thicker and thicker. He blamed all his
misfortune on the Duke of Thunder. The Duke of Thunder was one of the gods who
lived in the heavens. He was the god of rain and thunder. The man dispised the
Duke very much and had a pure hatred of him.
Every time it rained the Duke would desce .....
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Travelers Guide To Colorado
Words: 1123 - Pages: 5.... people that just want to get away from
the everyday hustle and bustle, find it comforting to retreat to nature for a
quiet and peaceful vacation.
The information is unlimited. It just depends on what you want to find.
"In Colorado, it's biggest city is it's capitol." -World Book Atlas 1993. The
capitol of Colorado is Denver. Some of the attractions Colorado offers is:
skiing, hiking, and exploring. These play a major role in Colorado's economic
progression. The land in Colorado is rocky and steep basically all over. This
does not make it a very good place to farm or raise livestock. (Unless you raise
Mountain goats) Although it is n .....
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