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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During my study in the World Civilizations class‚ it occurred to me that although many ancient civilizations established far apart and independent from each other‚ yet somehow we can trace tremendous evidences showing us that their cultures‚ beliefs‚ world views‚ traditions are somewhat similar to one another. I am very interested in discover more details about when those ancient civilizations was formed‚ the people at that time did not have effective transportations or contact methods like us today
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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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The Aztec Indians created a great civilization in Central Mexico‚ reaching its peak in the 1500’s. Being late arrivals to the area‚ and because of their strong neighboring nations‚ they were forced to live in the swampy western areas of the Lake Texcoco. Because of the swampy surroundings‚ the Aztecs used mud to create miniature islands in the swamps. These islands are called chinampas‚ or “floating gardens‚” and were used as farming lands. On these fertile islands they grew
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In the short story’s‚ “The Bass‚ The River‚ and Shelia Mant” written by W.D Wetherall and “Catch the Moon” written by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ the two main characters realize who they truly are by the end of the story. In “The Bass‚ The River‚ and Shelia Mant the narrator is in love with a girl he meets at his cottage in the summer. The narrator describes her in the story as “There was a summer in my life when the only creature that seemed lovelier to me than a largemouth bass was Sheila Mant.”The story
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Case Problem VALLEY SWIM CLUB The Valley Swim Club has 300 stockholders‚ each holding one share of stock in the club. A share of club stock allows the shareholder’s family to use the club’s heated outdoor pool during the summer‚ upon payment of annual membership dues of $175. The club has not issued any new stock in years‚ and only a few of the existing shares come up for sale each year. The board of directors administers the sale of all stock. When a shareholder wants to sell‚ he or she turns
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a new charm to life. Medicine and surgery have made immense strides. Atomic energy has brought in numerous benefits upon mankind. The wonders and miracles of science would justify us in paying a tribute to modern civilization. Apart from scientific progress that makes our civilization so great‚ politically also much has been achieved. Countries under foreign domination have been liberated. Our age has seen many countries under foreign domination being liberated. In the social sphere‚ our progress
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Sydney Dodds Origins of Ancient Civilizations Professor Hepp February 6‚ 2013 Drawbacks of Complex Societies Today we are convinced that modern‚ complex societies excel and surpass earlier civilizations. We believe that we live in a period of all around progress‚ a state that has a positive connotation to most people. During the transition to complex societies‚ having first arisen in southern Mesopotamia‚ humans’ relations to the environment and to other people greatly transformed. Although
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Ancient civilizations The following 4 ancient civilizations all have very different types of development whether it be because the difference in geographical‚ economic or social location does not change the fact that these four civilizations have come (and some have not come) to present day extremely different from one another because of their different developmental patterns. Extremely early Egyptians began settling along the Nile during the Neolithic period. The Nile provided necessary resources
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5.1 Individual Reading Assignment 1. If the writing of the early Indus Valley civilization could be deciphered‚ what new information could they hope to learn? If the writings of the Indus Valley civilization could be deciphered‚ I believe we could discover where they came from‚ whether another civilization taught them how to fire bricks and cultivate cotton. I believe their writings would tell us how they learned to build vast assembly halls and what type of occasions they were used for. Since
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