The Yellow River‚ also known as Huang He‚ is located in Northern Central China. It is the second longest river in China. It carries yellow sandy silt‚ called loess‚ which gives the river its name (Dramer‚ 2001‚ p.7). It carries its rich yellow silt from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean (Spielvogel‚ 2005‚ p.85). The Huang He is sometimes called “The Great Sorrow” because of suffering brought by its floods (Ellis‚ Esler‚ 2001‚ p. 111). Millions of people have drowned‚ towns have been destroyed‚ and crops
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ancient civilizations had a tendency of starting along rivers such as the Nile‚ Indus‚ Huang He‚ and the Tigris and Euphrates. I can see the importance of the rivers and why this has been a common factor through history having land bordering rivers. Different outcomes occur along the river such as poverty or riches. There are also a large amount of advantages and disadvantages of living next to a river. An advantage of living by a river would be having an accessible supply of fish near your
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special characteristics that make up Earth’s surface include various climates‚ countries‚ peoples‚ and natural resources. River valleys‚ mountains‚ deserts‚ islands‚ rainforest‚ and climate are some structures that are considered as geographical features. A geographical feature such as river valleys had an importance in the ways people lived in earlier civilizations. These river valleys have had positively and negatively affected these early civilizations such as Egypt‚ India‚ and China. As people
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After reading “A Day In The Life…Looking Beyond Test Scores” I can see Pat’s frustration in the situation with her student Juana not being accepted into the special academic enrichment program. The difference between Pat’s perception and the test score did not add up. Nevertheless‚ Pat thought that Juana was a perfect fit for the program even though her IQ test score was not above average. Juana was displaying all the signs to her teacher Pat that she would be an exceptional candidate for the
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The river is a setting in the novel‚ Siddhartha many times in the book‚ and has many meanings. In the first chapter‚ Siddhartha visits the river to bath and to make holy sacrifices. “The sun browned his slender shoulders on the river bank‚ while bathing at the holy ablutions‚ at the holy sacrifices.”(pg3) When Siddhartha left Govinda behind‚ Siddhartha meets with the river again‚ and crossing this river led him to a new beginning. “During the night he slept among the boats on the river‚ and early
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Go Green! Opinion by hellgirl223 posted over a year ago | | 8 fans | | | | Keep the earth going green and conserve the green energy! | Ok‚ basically‚ this is just a basic article about the environment. I’ll cover three main topics: 1. Why we need the environment 2. What damages the environment are having 3. How can we help to solve those problems. Why do we need the environment? 1. We LIVE in it- We need the environment as much as the environment needs us and we live in it
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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 wheat‚ rice‚ cotton and sugarcane. The Bhakra Dam is built across the Satluj River. Amritsar
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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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River Pollution River pollution is form of water pollution that refers to the contamination of rivers. River pollution occurs when waste and different other pollutants are discharged into river without being properly treated. River pollution has negative effect on aquatic ecosystems. The negative impact on plants and animals often leads to decline in species‚ and sometimes even to extinction of entire species (Yangtze River dolphin). River pollution also leads to decrease in freshwater resources
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