Sichuan Earthquake (Natural Disasters in China) The 2008 Sichuan earthquake or the Great Sichuan Earthquake was a deadly earthquake that occurred on Monday‚ May 12‚ 2008 in Sichuan province of China‚ killing an estimated 68‚000 people. It is also known as the Wenchuan earthquake ‚ after the location of the earthquake’s epicenter‚Wenchuan County in Sichuan province. The epicenter was 80 kilometres (50 mi) west-northwest of Chengdu‚ the capital of Sichuan‚ with a focal depth of 19 kilometres (12 mi)
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keep enough on hand. Coal remains a critical component of the world’s energy supply despite its bad image. In China‚ demand for coal in 2010 resulted in a traffic jam 75 miles long caused by more than 10‚000 trucks carrying supplies from Inner Mongolia. India is increasing coal imports. So is Europe‚ as it takes advantage of lower coal prices in the United States. Higher-priced natural gas on the Continent is creating demand for more coal imports from the United States‚ where coal is taking
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weight between about 60 to 120 pounds. Snow leopards live in some of the most remote habitat in the world. They call the Himalayan Mountains home‚ from Myanmar moving west through China‚ Nepal‚ India‚ Pakistan and back east again through Kazakstan‚ Mongolia and the Gobi Desert. Total area of distribution is about 1‚900‚000 square kilometers. Estimates run from 6‚000 to 14‚000 snow leopards left in the wild. It is very difficult to get a good estimates of how many snow leopards are left in the wild because
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is an organization that focuses on family strengthening‚ orphan care‚ and adoption services on a worldwide scale. I helped run a booth to encourage people to donate and sponsor a child from developing countries‚ anywhere from Haiti to Cambodia to Mongolia. Holt International provides these kids with access to education‚ nutrition‚ and medicine. There were countless stories of children left in orphanages or on the verge of
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The Tomb of Shihuangdi was the tomb of the emperor Shi Huangdi [246-210 BCE] who was the Tiger of Qin and the first emperor of China which he ruled between 221 and 210 BCE (Goho‚ 2003). It is believed that the tomb was ordered by the emperor at the early age of thirteen‚ in which it took another 36 years to complete and Qin Shi Huang shortly died after the construction was completed. Per the Travel Advisor‚ it was discovered that the tomb had remarkable artwork and had approximately 8‚000 life
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Leopard The snow leopard or Panthera unica is one of the most endangered cats on the globe. It is native mostly between 3‚500 and 5‚500 meters above sea level in the mountain ranges of Central Asia. They can also be found across Afghanistan‚ India‚ Mongolia‚ Nepal‚ China‚ Pakistan‚ Uzbekistan‚ Kazakhstan‚ the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan. Their numbers are said to be between 3‚500 and 7‚500‚ and an estimated 700 snow leopards are kept in zoos around the world. They play I vital role in many ecosystems
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watercolor painting. As we looked at Two Rocks painting closer and closer‚ you can feel ocean wave and many lines portrays the depth and flow by the different color. Just looks so amazing and real . I am the nature lover. Because i was born in Mongolia which is one of the beautiful country in the world. And i really appreciate when art related with nature. Can you imagine walking through an art museum and not seeing any trees or water . No mountains or streams‚ sunrises or sunsets ? No boats on
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Fully Solved IBPS PO General Awareness Question Paper for Common Written Exam held on 18th September‚ 2011 IBPS had conducted the PO/MT Exam in September 2011 and November 2011 (Supplementary) is which 10 lakh students appeared for the Exam.In this post we are publishing the IBPS PO Question Paper 2011 (General Awareness Section). Candidates appearing for the Upcoming IBPS Exams in 2012 must go through the IBPS General Awareness Questions given below.These questions will give you an idea about
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action shifted to the Kinema theater hall of the imposing South Africa House on Trafalgar Square for the decisive showdown in the afternoon. The seven other finalists came from Malaysia‚ Pakistan‚ Czech Republic‚ Argentina‚ Brazil‚ Morocco and Mongolia. The “native speakers” of English -- from the USA‚ England and Wales‚ and Australia -- had earlier been eliminated in the heats. South Africa‚ always a strong contender‚ also failed to make it to the finals. The theme of the competition this year
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