FOREST FIRES A forestfire is any uncontrolled fire in combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or a wilderness area.[1][2] Other names such as brush fire‚ bushfire‚ forest fire‚ grass fire‚ hill fire‚ peat fire‚ vegetation fire‚ veldfire‚ and wildland fire may be used to describe the same phenomenon depending on the type of vegetation being burned. A wildfire differs from other fires by its extensive size‚ the speed at which it can spread out from its original source‚ its potential to
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INTRODUCTION the term forest is defined as an area of land with at least ten per cent (10%) of tree crown cover‚ naturally grown or planted and/or fifty per cent (50%) or more shrub and tree regeneration cover and includes all forest reserves of whatever kind declared or gazetted under this Act and all plantations. The Forest Ordinance of 1959‚ is the law which governs the Forest Law of 2002‚ having the objective to effect governmental control for economic gain rather than sustainable development
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The author discusses the benefits the wolves have on the habitat and the other animals in Yellowstone. The wolves are the natural predator in the Yellowstone habitat and thus are a keystone species. Once it was decided to remove the wolves from the park‚ the habitat and the other animals began to suffer. Once the wolves were completely gone‚ the coyote became the predator‚ but they weren’t large enough to take down the bigger
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end up being able to choose your mate. Chapter III anthem * What has equality 7-2521 discovered? What do you think has been the most valuable invention in the past 100 years? * He has discovered electricity. He discovered that lightning is attracted to metal. So now he has to keep it a secret. I think he has discovered the most valuable invention in my opinion. He has discovered what peaked us once electricity was invented we started to grow majorly. So I think that electricity was
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“Imperialism resulted in more problems than benefits” In cases throughout the beginning of the 20th century‚ Imperialism has proven to result in dominantly more problems than benefits. Imperialism essentially describes the acquisition‚ administration and exploitation of an area of land and its youthful resources for the benefit of the power/s that control it. Usually the dominance of powerful empires using other countries for their productions ended in disaster and death. They tried to benefit
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We were walking through the forest; we had just got out from school. I was taking a look behind me and see Sarah running trying to keep up with my pace. “Slow down‚ I can’t keep up with your pace” she said breathing heavy from running so much. I rolled my eyes at my dramatic friend; she glared when she saw me roll my eyes at her. I turned around and continued walking at a slightly slower pace. “It’s not like anything bad is going to happen” I pointed out. It’s like she thought Big Foot or
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constrast‚ for example‚ to the 1960’s in the USA‚ when views were more in favor a "tabula rasa" (blank state) view of human intelligence - in other words‚ all people are capable of much more‚ if given conducive environmental conditions in which to reach their potential Currently the Zeitgeist is the Western psychological world is somewhere inbetween - both genetics and environment are seen as playing important roles. To be more precise‚ the modern view about nature vs nurture in intelligence
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Introduction The Brunette Basin Watershed is a 73 square kilometre watershed that stretches into several municipalities in the Lower Mainland‚ including portions of Vancouver‚ Burnaby‚ New Westminster‚ Coquitlam and Port Moody (Greater Vancouver Regional District [GVRD]‚ 2001a; see appendix A). This watershed is centralized within a highly developed urban area‚ meaning that humans and the natural environment interact on a regular basis. However‚ the impact of humans on this watershed has degraded animal habitats
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A Watershed is streams and rivers that share the same land that drain in a larger location of water. Such as larger rivers‚ lakes‚ or an ocean. "All the tributaries to the Mississippi that collect rainwater eventually drain into the Mississippi‚ which eventually drains into the Gulf of Mexico" is a great example of describing it.(m.b.g.‚2002) There are two processes that are very important‚ surface runoff and infiltration. The main reason is it affects the water quality‚ and carries a lot of pollution
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Inlet/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta framework. The Lower segment of the American River Watershed starts at Folsom Dam and flows around 30 miles to its intersection with the Sacramento River close downtown Sacramento. The watershed size is around 4856 square kilometers with a watershed length of 48.3 kilometers. The normal yearly precipitation is around 76cm.The Folsom Dam‚ which is inside the watershed creates Folsom Lake‚ which gives surge protection to the Sacramento region; water supplies for irrigation system‚ residential
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