The Himalayas – Young Fold Mountains The Himalayas are known to be young fold mountains. Young‚ because these have been formed relatively recently in the earth’s history‚ compared to older mountain ranges like the Aravallis in India‚ and the Appalachian in the USA. They are known as fold mountains because the mountains extend for 2500 km in length in a series of parallel ridges or folds. The accepted theory about the formation of the Himalayas started to take shape in the year 1912 when German
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movement of the tectonic plates. The epicenter of the earthquake was 60 meters below the ocean floor about 100 miles off the coast of Chile. Valdivia and Puerto Montt suffered significant damages based on how nearby they were to the center of a massive quake (extreme). The earthquake was a megathrust earthquake which is caused by the release of mechanical stress between the subducting Nazca Plate and the South American Plate which is on the Peru-Chile
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death of the king crowned prince were made king because its a natural and birth right. Any children of own blood can claim for the property with their family members either its son or daughter. According to the commencement of the Hindu Amendment Act 2005 for daughters‚ a. By birth one become a coparcencer in her own right in the same manner as the son b.have the same rights in the coparcenary property as she would have had if she had been a son c. Be subject to the same liabilities in respect
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some 1‚000‚ and leaving thousands of people homeless. Soon after the deadly temblor hit‚ news outlets including Time magazine‚ Reuters‚ and The New York Times reported Italian authorities had previously removed from the Internet a warning that a big quake was imminent. The prediction had been posted weeks earlier by a techician at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Abruzzi‚ Italy.* The technician‚ Giampaolo Giuliani‚ who could not be reached for comment‚ had predicted that a massive earthquake
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provinces.Explanation of the Characteristics of Biogeographic Zones of India: A concise description of major biogeographic zones is outlined below: (1) Trans-Himalayan zone: Climate is cold‚ vegetation is mountain type‚ animals found are sheep‚ goats‚ snow leopards‚ etc. Siachin‚ Leh and Sri Nagar are important places of this zone. (2) Himalayan zones: East‚ west‚ central and north-west Himalayas are the four biotic provinces of this zone. It has three climate zones and three vegetation zones. Elephant
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Charles Scott should take a few actions to overcome current weaknesses of Whistler Corporation and to make Whistler more competitive in the long term. The company was successful in its business until 1985 because the radar detector market was not in so intensive price competition. However‚ after 1985 the price competition became severe and Whistler Corporation could not catch up with this change. As a result‚ it decreased its market share from 21% to 12%. Considering these situations‚ there are three
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On March 11th 2011‚ Japan was hit with an earthquake of a 8.9 magnitude. The force of the quake was so strong that in turn it caused a giant tsunami along the coast of the country. Rescuers worked very hard to find survivors among the debris and rubble‚ risking their lives to help that of others. The Japanese people are faced with many social problems that came about by this natural disaster. They are facing economical‚ health (physical and psychological)‚ and geographical issues. The survivors
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Uttarakhand floods Nature or Human have aggravated the miseries Uttrakhand floods are one of the consequences of excessive human intervention in nature’s scheme. Increase in irresponsible human activities of encroaching into nature’s territory produced such unacceptable and brutal results. Demand for energy and needs of ever increasing population have forced the human to exploit natural resources without considering its impact over the environment. Unchecked emission of green house gases such as
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Outcome Identify the main idea of a paragraph using the topic sentence of the paragraph Duration Approximately 50 minutes Necessary Materials Provided: Direct Teaching and Guided Practice Passage‚“Buckle Up?;” Independent Practice Passage‚ “Hawaii Quakes‚ Then Shakes” and Worksheet Not Provided: N/A Lesson Plan DIRECT TEACHING will explain that strong paragraphs have a topic sentence. This topic sentence is what the paragraph is mainly about. Often‚ it is the first or last sentence in a paragraph
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MAJOR FAULT LINES The Philippine Sea Plate or Philippine Plate is a tectonic plate comprising oceanic lithosphere that lies beneath the Philippine Sea‚ to the east of the Philippines. Most segments of the Philippines‚ including northern Luzon‚ are part of the Philippine Mobile Belt‚ which is geologically and tectonically separate from the Philippine Sea Plate. The North American Plate is a tectonic plate covering most of North America‚ Greenland‚ Cuba‚ Bahamas‚ and parts ofIceland and the Azores
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