Source of brahmaputra Source of Ganga Ganga delta Brahmaputa delta The three main rivers of the Northern plains are the Satluj‚ Ganga and Brahmaputra. They divided the plains into three river basins. The three river basins are :- 1. The Satluj Basin: The Satluj River along with its main tributary‚ the Beas‚ flows towards the south-west. It joins the river Indus in Pakistan. Which finally flows into the Arabian Sea? The Satluj river basins are very fertile. The main crops grown here are
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Expanding the Cantonese Diaspora: Sojourners and Settlers in the West River Basin Steven B. Miles Journal of Chinese Overseas‚ Volume 2‚ Number 2‚ November 2006‚ pp. 220-246 (Article) Published by NUS Press Pte Ltd DOI: 10.1353/jco.2006.0017 For additional information about this article http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jco/summary/v002/2.2miles.html Access provided by University of Melbourne (19 Jun 2013 08:53 GMT) S T E V E N B . M I L E S | E X PA N D I N G T H E C A N TO N E S E D I
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The Life of Hongwu The Hongwu Emperor‚ known by his given name Zhu Yuanzhang‚ was the founder and first emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China. His era name‚ Hongwu‚ means "vastly martial". Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a village in Zhongli. His family was a poor peasant family. His father’s name was Zhu Shizhen‚ and his mother was Chen Erniang. Zhu had many brothers and sisters‚ but his parents had to give them away because they didn’t have enough food for everyone. When Zhu was 16‚ the yellow River
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WATER POLLUTION IN CHINA River like blood in Roxian‚ Guangxi About one third of the industrial waste water and more than 90 percent of household sewage in China is released into rivers and lakes without being treated. Nearly 80 percent of China’s cities (278 of them) have no sewage treatment facilities and few have plans to build any and underground water supplies in 90 percent of the cites are contaminated. Water shortages and water pollution in China are such a problem that the World Bank
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Because of the Atchafalaya River basin‚ there is very rich agriculture in Louisiana. Many crops are grown and harvested from the rich farmland. The river produces most of the corn‚ soybeans‚ wheat‚ cattle‚ and hogs grown in the United States (UD). Soil from this area is full of nutrients
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growth was conducted by Leong (2012). This paper investigates the role of special economic zones (SEZs) . The policy change to a more liberalized economy is identified using SEZ variables as instrumental variables. The results indicate that export and FDI growth have positive and statistically significant effects on economic growth in these countries. The presence of SEZs increases regional growth but increasing the number of SEZs has negligible effect on growth. The key to faster economic growth appears
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Topographical classification Rivers can generally be classified as either alluvial‚ bedrock‚ or some mix of the two. Alluvial rivers have channels and floodplains that are self-formed in unconsolidated or weakly consolidated sediments. They erode their banks and deposit material on bars and their floodplains. Bedrock rivers form when the river down cuts through the modern sediments and into the underlying bedrock. This occurs in regions that have experienced some kind of uplift (thereby steepening
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before falling into the sea. Erosion activities in the upper courses. Hence‚ they bring loads of sand and silt on their way down and deposit it in the lower courses. In the middle and lower courses‚ these rivers form meanders‚ oxbow lakes and deltas. The Peninsular Rivers Seasonal rivers i.e. they depends on rainfall. They have short courses as compared to the Himalayan Rivers. They flow through the plateaus and low hills and hence‚ they are not as fast flowing as the Himalayan rivers
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Three Gorges Dam nears completion Seth Rosenblatt © 2006 China’s three gorges Dam A mo Del of t he PAst he Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is the world’s largest and most controversial hydropower project. The 660 kilometer-long reservoir displaced 1.3 million people and is wreaking havoc on the environment. The reservoir reached its final height in 2009‚ but many of its impacts are only now becoming apparent. China will deal with the project’s legacy for generations to come. Project supporters
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Page 2 Page 3 MIN 00:48 03:29 06:39 12:18 22:07 TIMING INFORMATION TOPIC Title - World Water Resources The Middle East - Water Wars China - The Impact of Dams Australia - Water & the Environment End Titles BACKGROUND INFORMATION WORLD WATER RESOURCES - FACTS • Water covers 71% of the earth’s surface. Of this amount: 93% is in the oceans 2.5% lies in underground aquifers 2% is in ice caps 2.5% is available freshwater that we can use. • Global water consumption has risen 6 fold since
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