deposition‚ and smoke or dust‚ which is dry deposition. The effects of acid rain are quite terrifying bringing all types of problems to the Earth‚ for example forests depletions in Canada‚ threatening bodies of water‚ decay of buildings made from limestone‚ and harming agriculture. These effects are usually long term and cause all sorts of secondary problems along with them. There are all types of articles about the effects of acid rain all over the world. For example‚ across the Canadian Shield‚ the
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composition is based on dissolved solutes ranging from gases in the atmosphere to minerals from rocks and soils. The cations Ca2+ and Mg2+ are the most abundant species found in natural waters. These ions come from soluble sedimentary rocks such as limestone‚ dolomite‚ and gypsum.2 The presence of these dissolved ions in the water gives it a chemical property that is called water hardness. Water that is hard has a very high concentration of Ca2+ and Mg2+‚ as well as other dissolved cations and anions
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Case Study 1: Great Barrier Reef - 1. Introduction Coral reefs are on the most complex ecosystems on earth. They are predominantly found in the Indian Ocean and on the Western edges of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The global distribution of coral reefs is influenced by a number of factors‚ including life and sea surface temperature. Coral reefs require such a unique set of biophysical interactions that they are highly vulnerable to human-induced change. For example‚ just a small change in sea
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humid summers and less cloudy‚ scant rainfall‚ mild temperatures‚ lower humidity during winter. Natural resources Myanmar is rich in natural resources such as petroleum‚ timber‚ tin‚ antimony‚ zinc‚ copper‚ tungsten‚ lead‚ coal‚ some marble‚ limestone‚ precious stones‚ natural gas‚
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Egypt is a country‚ almost completely made of sand. It is made up of two parts of the Saharan desert. However‚ there are two natural landscape feature that does provide haven from the dry desert land‚ the Nile River and the Nile Delta. No one knows specifically how the river formed but there are theories. One theory is that the Nile river is a result of According to Britannica Encyclopedia‚ the Nile river moves northward toward the Mediterranean sea‚ cutting right through the deserts of Egypt.
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rivers such as Garonne‚ Aude‚ and Adour. These rivers had formed in the tertiary period of the world. The mountain is made up of different rock materials as the rock progresses upwards. Crystalline rock is the content of high peaks while folded limestone create the lower slopes. Rainfall is ample and frequent in the southern slopes of The Pyrenees along with a steppe line climate. The steppe line climate is spread out grasslands and shrubs among the rocky shelves. While roaming the ridges many people
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La Routa de los Cenotes The Yucatan Peninsula is famous for its abundance of cenotes‚ which are spectacular sinkholes and caves formed over millennia among the striking karst and limestone landscape. Although cenotes are found in every nook and cranny of this peninsula‚ the local government has gone to much effort to establish and advertise a bona-fie ‘Cenotes Route’ which guides visitors along a route which stretches over 300kms between Puerto Morelos (about half way between Playa and Cancun)‚
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and Poseidon competing‚ and at least one of the metopes showed a centaur and Lapith theme known as centauromachy. This building was strategically placed on one of the highest points in the city and was utilized as a place of worship‚ made out of limestone and marble. Inside would have been a colossal statue of Aphrodite. This building utilized a classical style of architecture and was built by Itkinos and Kallikrates. From a religious standpoint‚ this building may have held as much importance as the
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Compare and Contrast: Venus of Willendorf vs. Cycladic figures What is the difference between two figures that both represent the same basic idea? Give up? Well don ’t worry‚ by the time you are done reading this paper you will be fully versed in the answer to this interesting and quite debated question. Venus of Willendorf "was found on August 7th‚ 1908 during a systematic excavation in the ninth and highest layer of Site II in Willendorf‚ Austria by Josef Szombathy. The most recent estimate of
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rain also weakens trees changing their colour from a green to a yellow as it exposes them to toxic substances eventually killing the trees. It also has a large impact on buildings as it ruins the materials eventually‚ especially if they’re made of limestone. China was majorly affected in 2006 where a third of the country was hit by acid rain due to their rapid industrial growth. The pollution levels dramatically increased and the air quality gradually became worse. It was found that 25.5 millison
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