Himalayan blackberry was also asked to be removed due to its strong competence for sunlight with other native species‚ such as Douglas fir and Indian plum that are found around at the Whitman Walk area. Himalayan blackberry is also known for quick reproduction and thus creating a massive‚ dense‚ impenetrable bush that prevents other species from receiving sufficient sunlight (King Country‚ 2015). Himalayan blackberry also have stings allover its stem‚
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last century‚ was triggered by a cloudburst followed by flash flood in the downstream. The flash floods of Bhagirathi in 1978‚ Sutlej in 1993 and 2000 and Teesata in 1968 are further examples of similar events along the Indian Himalayan belt. Most of the rivers in Himalayan terrain flow through narrow gorges abutting moderate to steep slopes with sharp bands and meet tributaries on steeper slopes. As the rivers flow downstream‚ the valley becomes comparatively wider and less steep. The occurrence
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Rémi Thiallier – Florent Delphis SWOT Opportunity • • • • • • • • • • Democratic Election The route network was expanded to include Delhi‚ • • Bangkok and Kathmandu The coronation brought many guests and • journalists Several aspects of this Himalayan Kingdom attracted tourists : exotic and new destination‚ • religious and cultural célébrations‚ treks Tourism infrastructure was slowly being built up. China was beginning to be another significant • source of tourists The government had relaxed
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During A.D. 300 and 900 mayans flourished through much of Central America and in Yacatan in Southeren Mexico. It is said that there could be many reasons for the dissappearance‚ or the decline of the Ancient Mayan Civiliztion. There are many theories about the mayan civilization that some think was due to lack of food‚ frequent warfare‚ and over population. The decline started around A.D. 900‚ the Mayas left thier stone palaces and abandond their cities. That soon was barred by the jungle but the
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Why did Mrs. Endo die? On the 17th of January 1995‚ a great earthquake struck the Japanese city of Kobe at 5:40 am. Over 80% of the quake victims died together with Mrs Endo‚ her husband‚ however‚ did not! There are numerous reasons why‚ the aim of this essay is to explain them to you. The earthquake started due to the fact that Kobe is situated among 3 of the Earth’s tectonic plates (The Eurasian‚ the Pacific and the Philippine plates).Stress had been strengthening in the rocks of the Philippine
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extreme world There is compelling evidence to show that many weather-related disasters are not chance occurrences but are a result of human activities that have altered our atmosphere The recent flood-related disaster in Uttarakhand was labelled a Himalayan tsunami‚ recalling the deaths‚ damage‚ and destruction that followed the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of December 2004. Yet‚ this is a misleading metaphor‚ because there is little evidence that real tsunamis are linked to human activities
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The magnitude of the earthquake caused widespread destruction due to the geologic setting of San Francisco‚ but also the destruction of buildings was due to the makeshift quality of the construction of the city. If there were to be a repeat of the quake today‚ it could possibly be more devastating than the first one. Therefore‚ the economic affect that an earthquake the same size as the one in 1906 would have on California would be far more disastrous and far more expensive due to the heavily dense
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have been engulfed by a seven-metre tsunami‚ while a four-metre wave swamped parts of Kamaishi on the Pacific coast.Residents have been ordered to high ground and stay away from the coast as tsunamis can strike in several waves.Seismologists say the quake was 160 times more powerful than the one that devastated Christchurch last month. Japanese television has shown pictures of a wall of water kilometres wide moving its way across the countryside‚ engulfing everything in its path. The Cosmo oil refinery
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While both the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake of Northern California‚ and the 2010 earthquake that devastated Port au Prince‚ and surrounding areas in Haiti‚ were very similar in magnitude (6.9 California‚ and 7.0 in Haiti)‚ there is great contrast in the number of lives lost due to these natural disasters‚ with 63 dead in Santa Cruz county‚ and an estimated 220‚000 lives lost in Haiti. From a geographical standpoint‚ the town of Léogâne was at the epicenter‚ of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake‚ the United Nations
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Cascadia Subduction Zone: A Summary of History Marcellina MacArthur Washington State University Abstract Research shows that there is a pattern of quakes that range from 8.7 to 9.2 that occur every 240 years or so‚ and we know this because Oregon State University has done a 13 year study on the margin stretching from southern Vancouver Island to the Oregon-California border. The last mega-earthquake in the Pacific-Northwest being on January 26‚ 1700; We know this because written
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