Fiji’s latitude and longitude is 18° 00’ S and 175 ° 00’ E. Below above and all around it are Vanuatu to the west‚ tonga to the east‚ and Tuvalu to the north. Starting from MCI‚ Kansas city airport‚ it would take 14 hours and 13 minutes give or take‚ to get to Figi’s airport. Figi is a volcanic built island with a very mountainous terrain. It is a grouping of hundreds of little tiny islets‚ but the main land consists of three larger land masses called islands. Fiji’s is a warm tropical place
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What is Geography? Geography‚ simply put‚ can be summed up in two words: “where and why” (Rubenstein). However‚ it is difficult to sum geography up simply because‚ in fact‚ there is nothing simple about it. Geography can explain everything about “the earth‚ its peoples‚ and why [the] two interact as they do” (Sherer). Geography is studied by the geographers of the world who use “[maps] and mapping… [To] analyze and portray the world” (Knox) because “people everywhere struggle to understand [it]”
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A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life. Volcanoes exist all over the world and countless of them go over without us releasing because they are all of different magnitude. Only 10% of volcanoes are monitored around the world from which 90% of these are located in MEDC’S ( More Economically Developed Countries) Volcanoes can pose different type of hazards separating into primary and secondary. Primary being the ash and dust‚ lava flow‚ volcanic gases and pyroclastic flow. How
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Geomorphology - is the science of landforms‚ their origin‚ evolution‚ form‚ and spatial distribution. Denudation - is any process that wears away or rearranges landforms. Processes include weathering‚ mass movement‚ erosion‚ transportation‚ and deposition. Differential Weathering - the effect of different resistance in rock‚ coupled with variations in the intensity of physical and chemical weathering. Dynamic Equilibrium Model - the balancing act between tectonic uplift and reduction rates
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examples of this concept in the countries of the world. The question of if the average number of children has decreased over the last 50 years or increased. For example the total fertility rate in Qatar in 1971 was 7‚ whereas in 2010 it decreased all the way to 2. Multiple other countries had the same drastic decrease in TFR‚ which suggests that these countries around the world are becoming more developed which is significant when studying geography in knowing how fast a population is growing and developing
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The articles written by Linda McDowell and James Duncan discussed what cultural geography really is and its transformation through time. Linda McDowell’s article was entitled “The Transformation of Cultural Geography” while James Duncan’s article was entitled “The Superorganic in American Cultural Geography.” I find the article of Maxwell more interesting and well-explained than Duncan’s article. The scope of McDowell’s article is more extensive while Duncan’s article is focused on his main argument
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Disadvantages: Sea - during a volcanic eruption earthquakes happen‚ and tsunamis may be created. Also‚ if it is a volcanic island‚ the island may be destroyed‚ and there is no escape. Lava flow - these are very slow moving‚ but destructive as they cannot be stopped and they set fire to everything in their path. Pyroclastic flow - these are impossible to outrun‚ travelling at about 300 km/h‚ and are extremely destructive Mudflow/lahar - these are mud rivers that have the consistency of cement
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Chapter 7: Fragile environments Ecological footprint: measure of the mark that we humans make on the natural world. It considers how much land and sea are required to provide us with the energy for our lifestyles. Sustainability: actions and forms of progress that meet the needs of the present reducing the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Soil erosion and desertification Soil erosion * The washing or blowing away of top soil. * There are three types:
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For the purpose of this essay I will critically discuss aspects of empiricism and the empirical method and their use in geography. I will discuss these aspects with close reference to a recommended reading for our course by Ward et al (2007). Empiricism is a philosophical idea that experience‚ which is based on observation and experimentation‚ is the only source of knowledge. Empiricism believes that the mind is a blank canvas and all knowledge arrives in the mind through the portals that are the
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What is geography? Geography is the study of earth and its characteristics. Geography tells a story through it history‚ music‚ movies and many more. By knowing the importance or the beginning of your heritage and where it all began at one point of time. With geography it shows how the world began to develop and change over the period of time‚ and the beginning of a new generation. Geography is an identity for countries that goes or went poverty because they are being isolated from society‚ or it’s
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