Nile is the longest river in the world which is located in Africa. It spans itself from Lake Victoria in east central Africa to Egypt. It flows generally north through Uganda‚ Sudan‚ and Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea‚ for an approximate distance of 5‚584 km From its remotest headstream‚ the Luvironza River in Burundi‚ the river is 6‚695 km long. The river basin has an area of about 3‚350‚000 sq km. Its average discharge is 3.1 million litres per second. The lower course of the river in Egypt has become
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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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Hudson River and PCB Pollution The Hudson River and PCB Pollution The Hudson River is a body of water that stretches for 315 miles from the Adirondack Mountains to the Battery in Manhattan‚ reaching its deepest point of 216 feet in the Highlands near Constitution Island and West Point and reaches its widest point of 3 miles across at Havestraw. This river is one of the most beautiful and scenic of the Tri-State area. Unfortunately‚ it happens to be New York ’s most polluted river. The river has
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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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reflection or self assessment that enables us to work out what we believe in and stand for. Conflict opens up different personalities‚ perceptions‚ values and emotions that will ultimately lead to character building. Kate Grenville’s novel‚ “The Secret River‚” depicts that a person’s character can transform once there has been a clash of social disagreement and a difference in interests
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” Was the norm of the Colorado River. As years went by and population rose demand for the “plentiful” fresh water rose as well. Gluttony took over western states such as Los Angeles‚ San Diego‚ Phoenix‚ and other fast growing cities. Oblivious to how wrong the decision to drain Colorado river’s limited resources is for such ridiculous justifications. It didn’t dawn on the people and still doesn’t. Missing all the signs Nature is suffering. The mighty Colorado River is getting drained and divvied
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WHY TO NATIONALISE RIVERS ? Respected Madam‚ teachers and my dear friends‚ good morning to you all. I have come here to speak a few words about nationalisation of rivers. Why to nationalise rivers? Our country‚ India‚ is predominantly an agricultural country. The livelihood of most of the people depends on agriculture. Though there are many rivers in the northern parts of our country‚ which never go dry‚ they are not of much use to agricultural activities in the south. As a result‚ we only
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In 1754‚ the church was destroyed along with its neighbouring town‚ Taal‚ in the largest eruption of the Taal Volcano‚ considered to be the smallest volcano in the Philippines. It was then that the town and the Church were transferred further away from the volcano to its present site‚ atop an elevating hill facing Balayan Bay. The construction of the present church was begun in 1856 by Father Marcos Anton with the Spanish architect Luciano Oliver‚ who was commissioned to design and manage the construction
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The River of Earth The novel River Of Earth by James Still is a story about life in e Appalachia just before The Great Depression. The story provides a very clear description of the problems and challenges the mountain people faced after the settlement of their land. Even though the novel is shadowed by other writings of the time period dealing with poor southern life‚ it is still considered a great neglected masterpiece. The story is about a family that considers awkward. They struggle to
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The Nile River The Nile Is considered one of the longest rivers in the world. It flows north into northeastern Africa and Eleven Countries share it as a water source. Those would be namely: Tanzania‚ Uganda‚ Rwanda‚ Burundi‚ Democratic republic of the Congo‚ Kenya‚ Ethiopia‚ Eritrea‚ South Sudan‚ and Egypt. Interesting fact in the ancient Egyptian language‚ the Nile is called Iteru‚ meaning “great river.” People say the source of the Nile is Lake Victoria. The Nile has been the lifeline of
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