h e S a h a r a D e s e r t The Sahara Desert is the largest hot and dry desert in the world. It is located in North Africa; it covers 9 million square kilometres and covers over twelve countries‚ some of the countries include; Morocco‚ Algeria Libya‚ Tunisia‚ Egypt‚ Mauritania‚ Mali‚ Niger‚ Chad‚ and Sudan. Most of the Sahara Desert is located at Algeria. The Sahara Desert receives less than 40cm of rain per year‚ the sand dunes in the Sahara Desert reach up to about 180 metres. It is Atlantic
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Sahara Desert The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest desert area. The word Sahara comes from the Arabic word sahra’‚ meaning desert. It extends from the Africa’s Atlantic Ocean side to the Red Sea and consists of the countries of Morocco‚ Algeria‚ Tunisia‚ Libya‚ Egypt‚ Mauritania‚ Mali‚ Niger‚ Chad‚ and Sudan. It is about 5‚200 miles long. Overall‚ the Sahara Desert covers 3‚500‚000 square miles. The geography of the desert is varied. In the west‚ the Sahara is rocky with varied elevation
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campaign of nonviolent protest against the British salt tax in colonial India which began with the Salt March to Dandi on March 12‚ 1930. It was the most significant organized challenge to British authority since the Non-cooperation movement of 1920-22‚ and the Purna Swaraj declaration of independence by the Indian National Congress on December 31‚ 1929. Mahatma Gandhi led the Dandi march from his Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi‚ Gujarat to produce salt without paying the tax‚ with growing numbers of Indians
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Spilled Salt Rape is a more and more usual in the everyday life. How tragic and hard it is for the victim‚ but what about the criminal’s family‚ friends‚ parents? The shame and quilt one may feel. Unanswered questions‚ how did my son come to this? Why? What will people think? Spilled Salt is a good example of such havoc a rape might leave to the family. Spilled Salt is an American shorty story published by the author Barbara Neely. The story takes place in America where the loving mother‚ Myrna
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LOST IN THE DESERT! By David Evans Natural Sciences Penn College/PSU Williamsport‚ PA Part I: July 13th‚ AM Mark‚ a white‚ 35-year-old male weighing approximately 70 kilogram (kg) started a three-hour drive across the desert on US 95 from Yuma‚ Arizona‚ to Blythe‚ California. He set out at 7 AM on what was expected to be a very hot July day. He anticipated that it would take him about three hours to reach Blythe—plenty of time to make his 11 AM appointment with Sarah‚ his fiancée. When he failed
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DESERT STORM AND THE MIDDLE EASTERN TURBULANCE - Abdulla Madumoole The Imam of Grand Masjid in Mecca declares during a Friday sermon recently “revolting against the rulers is haram or prohibited in Islam”‚ Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei says a movement of Islamic nations is started in the Middle East region for achieving Islamic objectives‚ Muammer Gaddafi says yet another thing – rebels in Libya are orchestrated by Al Qaida. Different leaders interpret differently the happenings of the past few
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Since 1993‚ over 500 young‚ unfortunate‚ brown women have been found brutally abuse and murdered in Ciudad Juarez‚ Chihuahua‚ across the border from El Paso‚ Texas‚ not including hundreds of others who have been missing and still have not been found. Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders (2005) by Alicia Gaspar de Alba‚ is a mystery novel about this 17-year crime-wave. When returns to her hometown El Paso to adopt a baby. She and her partner Brigit are ready to start a family and there are many young
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been decades since I last visited the Gobi Desert. Back in then‚ I was still a secondary student who was amazed by this Asia "endless sea". Time flies‚ I am now studying the mysterious Gobi Desert as a geologist. By comparing my research data collected recently with my previous knowledge and memories about the desert‚ I am shocked by its external and internal change. Stretching from South Mongolia to China‚ Gobi Desert is the world fifth-largest desert. With wonders like the Silk Road‚ the remote
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One common compound is Sodium Chloride (NaCl). Sodium Chloride‚ more commonly known as table salt‚ is used in cooking to season foods. Table salt is also used to make many chemicals‚ which make up the majority of the world’s production. Another common compound is Hydrogen Chloride (HCl). Hydrogen Chloride is typically combined with H2O to make hydrochloric acid. Hydrochloric
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Surviving on a Desert Island Sometimes when I am daydreaming‚ I think about far off places‚ such as the beautiful uninhabited islands in the South Pacific. I imagine myself being shipwrecked on one of these islands‚ the way actor Tom Hanks was in Castaway. Probably I’ll never be stranded on a desert island‚ but if I were‚ I would like to have three things with me: Machete‚ Fishing Line‚ and A lighter The first thing that I would like to have is a machete. A machete will help cut
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