drainage basin? 65‚600 square miles 2. In what direction does the Rhine flow? South to North 3. Where is its source? Switzerland 4. Where is its mouth? North Sea 5. How many countries does it flow through? In Luxemburg and Belgium the river just pass around it but in Switzerland‚ France‚ Germany and The Netherlands. 6. How far can a boat travel up the Rhine from the mouth? For more than 500 miles 7. In what year did the Rhine become an international waterway? What does this
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The Rivers of France The Rhône system The Rhône is the great river of the southeast. Rising in the Alps‚ it passes through Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman) to enter France‚ which has 324 miles of its total length of 505 miles. At Lyon it receives its major tributary‚ the Saône. In eastern France the direction of the main rivers is predominantly north-south through the Alpine furrow. The regime of the Rhône is complex. Near Lyon the Rhône and its important Isère and Drôme tributaries‚ draining
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Air Pollution CFish Mr. Nollen Biology 2B 8 May‚ 1996 The Problem Contamination of the atmosphere by gaseous‚ liquid‚ or solid wastes or by-products that can endanger human health and the health and welfare of plants and animals‚ or can attack materials‚ reduce visibility‚ or produce undesirable odors. Among air pollutants emitted by natural sources‚ only the radioactive gas radon is recognized as a major health threat. A byproduct of the radioactive decay of uranium minerals in certain kinds
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The Brahmaputra (Sanskrit ब्रह्मपुत्र)‚ (Assamese ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰ নদ Brôhmôputrô)[2] also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra‚ is a trans-boundary river and one of the major rivers of Asia. With its origin from Talung Tso Lake in southwestern Tibet as the Yarlung Tsangpo River‚ it flows across southern Tibet to break through the Himalayas in great gorges and into Arunachal Pradesh (India) where it is known as Dihang.[3] It flows southwest through the Assam Valley as Brahmaputra and south through Bangladesh as
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* Hypotheses: “The velocity and dischage * Increase downstream”. * “Does the river become more efficient downstream and what are the effects on bed load. ” * “The gradient decreases downstream” * The roundness and bed load increase downstream and as the river gets faster it carries greater amounts of bed-load” In my conclusion I will be linking all of these hypotheses to velocity of the river. Carding Mill valley (long Mynd): The name Long Mynd means "Long Mountain”‚ it is
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” Was the norm of the Colorado River. As years went by and population rose demand for the “plentiful” fresh water rose as well. Gluttony took over western states such as Los Angeles‚ San Diego‚ Phoenix‚ and other fast growing cities. Oblivious to how wrong the decision to drain Colorado river’s limited resources is for such ridiculous justifications. It didn’t dawn on the people and still doesn’t. Missing all the signs Nature is suffering. The mighty Colorado River is getting drained and divvied
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Natalie James Professor Vergara ENG 1020 September 8‚ 2014 Joan Rivers dead at 81: Tragedy Ends Life of Legendary comedian and “Fashion Police” Host. One of the most loved and hated women in the fashion and comedy industry died on September 4‚ 2014 Joan Alexander Molinsky (Joan Rivers). Joan Rivers was also an actress‚ writer‚ producer‚ and television host. How did Joan Rivers die? Some people might say “We just seen her on Fashion Police doing a segment on The Emmy’s and MTV Awards”. You just
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California River Report The Colorado River has been become the main source of fresh water to the south west. It is what has turned the desert of the south west into a fertile farming area. It has brought life to Nevada and California when before it was impossible. The Colorado River is now being over utilized and if there were some unseen disaster this would put millions of people out of fresh water. They use the River as a plumbing system meaning that they channel the water and divert it all
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The River Mersey narrows to 0.7 miles wide between the Liverpool landing stage on its east bank and the Woodside and Seacombe landing stages on its west bank. The River has the world’s fourth highest tidal range with up to 10 meter high spring tides and 7 meter high neap tides. Due to the narrowing of the river from over 3 miles wide in parts and the size of the tides‚ speeds of water behind all three landing stages can regularly get up to 7 Knots (8MPH). This causes numerous under currents around
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River geomorphology Divided by five East Asia’s mightiest rivers were once a single‚ even mightier torrent Oct 12th 2013 | CHENGDU | From the print edition The amazing First Bend BY BUILDING dams in the Himalayas‚ Chinese engineers are tinkering with one of the world’s great sets of watersheds. Five great streams—the Red River‚ the Yangzi‚ the Irrawaddy‚ the Salween and the Mekong—flow within about 180 kilometres (110 miles) of one another from the south-eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau
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