Geology Final Chapter 18 Mass Wasting (movement) Mass Wasting – process in which gravity pulls soil‚ debris‚ sediment‚ and broken rock (collectively known as regolith) down a hillside or cliff Avoidance – approach for avoiding a geologic hazard such as mass wasting by learning to recognize the characteristics of an unstable slope and by not building or engaging in other activities there * with growing population‚ people are now building communities with neighborhoods in places like stream
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0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): A 14. How does urbanization (paving‚ etc.) affect runoff and infiltration in a small‚ previously forested‚ drainage basin? A) infiltration decreases; runoff increases B) runoff decreases; infiltration increases C) both increase D) both decrease Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): A 15. What drainage pattern is commonly found in the Appalachian Valley and Ridge Province. A) polygonal B) dendritic C) trellis D) circular Points Earned: 1
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Grice advanced the notions of cooperative principle and implicature together with Gricean maxims of conversation to illustrate how people are able to communicate with each other given that their utterances could be comprehended in many possible ways. The underlying assumption of Grice’s cooperative principle is that people tend to be cooperative in most conversational exchanges in order to construct meaningful conversation. The cooperative principle‚ as stated in Grice’s “Logic and Conversation”
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and contractors have mooted plans for the construction of dozens of dams. In the process‚ however‚ little regard is being paid to the short and long-term consequences on the ecosystem‚ biodiversity or the local people in the river’s watershed and drainage. One of the largest projects proposed for northeast India is the Tipaimukh dam on the river Barak in Manipur. This 162.8 m. high earthen-rock filled dam also has the potential to be one of the most destructive. Water is indispensable for all living
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Brazil is the largest country in both South America and the Latin America region. It is the world’s fifth largest country‚ both by geographical area and by population‚ with over 197 million people. The official language of Brazil is Portuguese. It is spoken by about 99% of the population‚ making it one of the strongest elements of national identity. The first European to explore Brazil was Pedro Álvares Cabral in the year of 1500 under the sponsorship of Portugal. From the 16th to the 19th
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Cancer and Capricorn. Some specific places this biome and climate exist is in Central America‚ South America‚ Africa and the Indonesian archipelago. The two largest rain forests are The Amazon in South America and in central Africa centered on the drainage basin of the Congo River. Although‚ surprisingly the Tropical Rain Forest climate is limited in its extent on land and cover many parts of the ocean‚ some parts of it are closer to the coast‚ but most of this climate covers large parts of the Pacific
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showed their concern for health and sanitation. They built a scientific drainage system in their cities. There is enough evidence to show that some of the early conceptions of Hinduism are derived from this culture About the contribution of the Indus people‚ Dr. R.K. Mukherjee says‚ “The Indus valley people gave to the world its earliest planning‚ its first architecture in stone and its fine example of sanitary‚ engineering and drainage works. To them also belongs the credit for producing some of the earliest
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Agriculture in Pakistan Farming is Pakistan’s largest economic activity. In FY 1993‚ agriculture‚ and small-scale forestry and fishing‚ contributed 25 percent of GDP and employed 48 percent of the labor force. Agricultural products‚ especially cotton yarn‚ cotton cloth‚ raw cotton‚ and rice‚ are important exports. Although there is agricultural activity in all areas of Pakistan‚ most crops are grown in the Indus River plain in Punjab and Sindh. Considerable development and expansion of output has
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Introduction According to studies of the Davao City Water District‚ 98 percent of the city’s drinking water is sourced from groundwater mainly from Talomo-Lipadas. This 38‚000-hectare watershed has an annual volume of water catch of 760 million cubic meters (MCM) or 2 MCM per day. It is one of the nine watersheds in the city that direly needs protection. In Davao City the main source of water supply is ground water. Hence‚ the city depends largely on the Mt. Talomo-Lipadas watershed. This
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During the 2010 monsoon season (July and August)‚ Pakistan experienced the worst floods recorded in its history. Heavy rainfall caused flash floods in the north and north-western regions of the country. The subsequent run-off created a southward moving mass of water approximately the size of the United Kingdom. The flood waters travelled downstream through Punjab and Sindh until they reached the Arabian Sea. Many of the main tributaries feeding into the Indus River were also flooded‚ further inundating
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