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    Synopsis Schindler List is film that produced by Steven Spielberg in 1993. The film revolves around Oskar Schindler who saved the lives of over one thousand Polish Jewish refugees during the holocaust. Oskar Schindler saved the lives of the Polish Jewish refugees by hiring them his factories. The Polish Jews were relocated from the nearby areas after the Second World War started. German initiated the relocation of the Polish Jews. During this time‚ Oskar Schindler a business man in German came

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    The Sacramento River Originating in the Klamath Mountains‚ the Sacramento River is the largest river in California‚ draining over 70‚000 kilometers. Located within Northern and Central California‚ the Sacramento River flows south for about 412 kilometers until it reaches the San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The Sacramento River runs through 19 Californian counties‚ being bounded by Sierra Nevada and Coast Rangers‚ area known as the Sacramento Valley. For about 12‚000

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    The Athabasca River runs 1231 kilometers (765 miles) long and drops 1600 metres (5200 feet) in elevation. The Athabasca is the largest undammed river‚ and is the second largest river in Alberta‚ Canada. Starting an unnamed lake at the foot of the Athabasca Glacier‚ which is in the Columbia Icefield‚ the Athabasca River empties into the Peace-Athabasca Delta and Lake Athabasca. It then flows north as Rivière des Rochers‚ joining the Peace River to form Slave river‚ which empties into Great Slave Lake

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    On the Mississippi River in New Orleans‚ there is a place where ships drop out of the water. These ships catch a current and go at least thirty feet‚ and then the ships will continue to descend to the east or south. This movement of the ships shows that there is a relationship between the rivers and the terrain that is around them‚ which can be seen with any river‚ not just the Mississippi. For the New Orleans River‚ the adjacent terrain is Cajun Country. There is a triangle formed in southern Louisiana

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    Trip on the Ganges River Dear Paul‚ About 2 weeks ago I went on an exciting trip along the Ganges River. In this letter I’ll tell you all about it. It turns out that the Ganges has its beginning in an ice cave 10‚300 feet above sea level in the snow-covered Himalayan Mountains of northern India. From there‚ the river flows towards the southeast and goes through East Pakistan‚ for about 1‚557 miles. Ganges River then empties into the Bay of Bengal. Several tributary rivers‚ including the Jumna

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    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel that centers on a journey down the Mississippi River. An integral part of the story‚ the river takes Huck and Jim to different towns to experience many adventures. The river is also an important part of American history and has an interesting role today. With a length of 6‚270 km‚ the Mississippi River is the second- longest river in the United States (Mississippi River‚ 2005). Its source is Lake Itasca in Itasca State Park in northern Minnesota and it empties

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    Ohio River Pollution Have you ever eaten fish out of the Ohio River? Think twice about frying up your next catch. The Ohio River is believed to be one of the most polluted rivers in the United States. Industrial pollutants as well‚ as agricultural pollutants‚ had a big effect on The people in surrounding communities‚ the wildlife habitat‚ and the river water quality. The Ohio River community needs to be more informed and aware of the toxins in the Ohio River in order stop this devastating problem

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    The Atchafalaya River is a 137 mile long distributary of the Mississippi River and Red River in south central Louisiana in the United States. It flows south‚ just west of the Mississippi River and is the fifth largest river in North America‚ by discharge. (From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia) The Atchafalaya River is navigable and provides a significant industrial shipping channel for the state of Louisiana‚ as well as the cultural heart of the Cajun Country. Fun fact it’s been closed

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    Tributaries of the river Usage of River(Then) Usage Of River(Now) Pollution and other problems Plans and projects to rectify the problems Conclusion Introduction: The Tamirabarani River originates from the famous Agasthiyarkoodam Peak in Western Ghats‚Ambasumadram Taluk.It flows through Tirunelveli and Tuticorin . Etymology: The Thamirabarani contains traces of copper‚ hence its name (Thamiram means copper in Tamil). The copper content gives it a distinct reddish shade.The river has also

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    communicate his fascination with the Mississippi river to his readers. He does this through the use of rhetorical and literary devices. Ethos and logos work together in the first and second paragraphs to make the reader know that Barry does not have a surface level fascination with rivers but one so deep that it has driven him to research everything about rivers to try and gain a scientific understanding of them. Barry begins the passage by talking about all rivers in general. In the first paragraph he builds

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