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    River as Bridge

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    The River as Bridge At the beginning of the new millennium urban populations outnumbered that of rural populations for the first time in history. Urban areas have long had connotations of being harmful to our environment and the people living in them are often seen as either careless or oblivious in regards to maintaining their surrounding environment; most notably the rivers that flow through their cities. The Trinity River begins in North Texas and flows all the way to the Gulf of Mexico; it flows

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    Cuyahoga River

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    22‚ 2011 Cuyahoga River Fires “In the United States‚ a concerted effort is underway to reduce water pollution and thereby improve water quality.” (Keller) A case history of river pollution is the Cuyahoga River located in Northeastern Ohio. The river is 100 miles long flowing south to Cuyahoga Falls where it then turns north until it empties into Lake Erie. Cleveland and Akron are two major cities located along the river. The Cuyahoga is known as an infant glacial river‚ this is because it is

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    Nile River

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    The Nile River is made up of two tributaries. The two tributaries are the White Nile‚ and the Blue Nile. These two rivers connect together in the Sudan and then continue on their long and large journey. Although these are its two main sources‚ many other smaller rivers flow into it as well. The Nile River is known as the longest river in the world. The river is about 4‚132 miles long and 1‚107‚000 square-miles deep. The Nile is located in Northern Africa and runs through Egypt‚ Ethiopia

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    the river nile

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    The River Nile The Nile is famous as the longest river in the world. The river got its name from the Greek word Neilos‚ which means valley. The two rivers that combine to make the Nile are the Euphrates and Tigris. The Nile floods the lands in Egypt‚ leaving behind black sediment. That’s why the ancient Egyptians named the river Aar‚ meaning black. The Nile River is actually 6695 kilometers (4184 miles) long. With such a long length‚ the Nile River is speculated to be the longest river in the

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    Quotes

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    that costumed adventurers are making their job impossible‚ the police are on strike. Everyone is frightened‚ scenting anarchy.” –Dr. Manhattan 4.22 * “This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not god who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feed them to the dogs. Its us. Only us.” –Rorschach 6.26 * “…but the world is so full of people‚ so crowded with these miracles that they become a commonplace and we forget…I forget. We gaze continuously

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    River Essay

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    advantages and disadvantages to come of river valleys and bad stuff to come of too. Egypt and Mesopotamia both had developed river valleys that provided transportation‚ irrigation‚and trade. However‚ they both had different views on the afterlife because of different flood patterns‚ as cultural diffusion slowly changed their civilization. Rivers usually bring great ideas and water for irrigation. Egypt would have never been as great of a civilization if it had no river to use to make crops and then Egypt

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    River Town

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    River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze Peter Hessler’s memoir River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze chronicles his two-year experience as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching at the Fuling Teachers College in Fuling‚ a remote village in China’s Sichuan province. In addition to writing about his life and experiences in Fuling‚ Hessler provides detailed descriptions of the landscape‚ its people‚ and history. The village of Fuling had not seen foreigners in at least fifty years prior to the arrival of Peter

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    The Jordan River

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    The Jordan River The Middle East region is known not only for its ideological‚ religious‚ and geo-political differences and disputes but also for the fact that it is extremely arid. The scarcity of water is connected to meteorologic‚ geographic and demographic factors. Jordan and Israel are highly dependent upon the Jordan River. Jordan‚ however‚ is facing another environmental problem which increases the state ’s dependency on the water of the Jordan River‚ (Abu-Taleb‚ 1994). The need for water

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    Ganges River

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    Ganges River Omo Tribe Ganges River In Hindu culture‚ there are many famous rivers that we hold dear because of their spiritual significance. Ganga is one of them. Let’s take a closer look at where this great river starts from. It all begins at the Gangotri Glacier‚ a huge area of ice (five by fifteen miles)‚ at the foothills of the Himalayas (13‚000 ft) in northern Uttar Pradesh. This glacier is the source of the river Bhagirathi‚ which joins with the river Alaknanda to form the might river Ganga

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    River Competence

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    Competence Competence id the maximum size (calibre) of load a river is capable of transporting whereas capacity refers to the total volume of sediment a river can transport. At low velocity only fine particles may be transported (clays‚ silt and fine sands). Large-calibre material can be moved when velocity increases. Because the maximum particle mass that can be moved increases with the sixth power of velocity‚ when discharge levels are high‚ for example during a flood‚ much larger boulders can

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