End of year exam in Geography Key words Deforestation Is the felling and clearance of forest land. The process of cutting down a large number of trees in a forest and not replacing them Ecosystem Is a community of plants and animals which interacts with each other and their non-living environment. Sustainable development Understanding how to meet the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future generations by not harming the environment. Longshore drift Is a process of transportation
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A barrier island is a wide beach backed by dunes and separated from the mainland by marshy lagoons. A barrier island receives full force of major storms and absorbs the energy through the movement of sand. This changes drastically‚ when development puts up manmade barriers to protect homes and property‚ which changes the dynamic and distribution of the sand causing major erosion in different areas along the shoreline. Along the pacific coast‚ shoreline
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consumer awareness results in sandboards similar function or name that confounded customer purchasing for instance‚ skimboard‚ bodyboard‚ duneboard etc. Usage restricted condition‚ sandboards are limited to sand dune &available areas‚ especially participants must walk back to the top of the dune after every run or ride‚ or use a 4 wheel drive to get back to the top. Personal safety‚ sandboarding can be potentially dangerous when the player rides on a high hill or jump down from the top‚ particularly
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Weathering & Erosion Weathering is the process that produces change in the surface of rocks exposed to the atmosphere and/or hydrosphere. Physical weathering is breaking rock by force. ex: hitting‚ scratching‚ cracking Frost action (AKA ice wedging)- Water seeps into small cracks in rocks. When the water freezes it expands creating great pressure. The crack widens and allows water to seep deeper into the rock. (Robert Frost’s Mending Wall makes a reference to a frost heave
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a base of porous sand; water availability is very scarce and must be conserved. The abiotic factors in the dry wallum are that the area is exposed to high amounts of sunlight which causes a loss of water in the leaves through transpiration. Since the wallum is so dry and hot; bush fires play a major cycle in the dry wallum which the trees have adapted to cope with. The roots of the plant and tree species have to cope with the leeching of nutrients because of the high porosity sand in the dry wallum
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Have you ever been to Viet Nam??? If you haven’t‚ I advice you to go there because VN is such a great destination for you to go on holiday! Vietnam is a country which situated in the South East Asia. Vietnam geography shapes S-letter and devides into three parts: Northern part‚ Middle part and Southern one. Now let me tell you about each part : #1.Northern part: -Ha Noi is the capital of Viet Nam. Throughout the thousand years of its eventful history‚ marked by destruction‚ wars and natural
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Implications for Delmarva Many geologic processes affect the landscape of the Delmarva Peninsula drastically‚ but one specific process has major economic implications as well. The process of coastal erosion‚ which is defined as the actual removal of sand from a beach to deeper water offshore or alongshore into inlets‚ tidal shoals and bays‚ is one of the most detrimental geologic events to this region’s economy (Scientific American). This type of erosion can result from many factors including rising
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Thar Desert From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Thar The Great Indian Desert Desert Thar desert Rajasthan‚ India Countries India‚ Pakistan State India: Rajasthan Haryana Punjab Gujarat Pakistan: Sindh Punjab Biome Desert A NASA satellite image of the Thar Desert‚ with the India–Pakistan border superimposed. View of the Thar desert The Thar Desert (Rajasthani: थार मरुधर‚ Hindi: थार मरुस्थल‚ Urdu: صحراےَ تھر also known as the Great Indian Desert) is a large‚ arid
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Impacts of Global Warming in the UK Current data for climate change suggest that global warming is taking place due to the enhanced greenhouse effect. If global temperatures continue to rise it will present a number of challenges in the future. Different countries will experience global warming differently depending on their location and level of development‚ but even within a country‚ there will be ‘winners and losers’. For example‚ in the UK Global Warming is good news for coastal resorts‚ especially
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Kunal Kothari Brazilian Film and Lit Professor Nascimento August 8‚ 2012 Final Exam 1b) The Slum: The Slum‚ which was written by Aluisio Azevedo is a book centered on a slum called Sao Romao‚ its inhabitants‚ and the people who live close by to this slum. The book takes place in this slum where there are many people with different backgrounds and ethnicities who live there‚ and they all have their own stories to tell. Throughout this story the author‚ Azevedo‚ presents the audience with
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