The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth‚ that runs from the north to the south pole and demarcates one calendar day from the next. It passes through the middle of the Pacific Ocean‚ roughly following the 180° longitude but it deviates to pass around some territories and island groups. The International Date line is on the opposite side of the Earth to the Prime Meridian. The Prime Meridian helps to define Universal Time and is the meridian from which
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Hydroelectric power stations would also be used to provide electricity for Australia‚ and the water will be accessed from the Tasman sea‚ Pacific and Indian Ocean. Australia has a successful trading economy with a strong two-way trade with major Asian nations. The terrain in Australia is mostly low plateau with deserts‚ rangelands and a fertile plain in the southeast and does not contain any permanent
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Paradise –– 天堂 Oceania –– 大洋洲 Pacific Ocean ––太平洋 Polynesia ––波利尼西亚人‚ 波利尼西亚语（中太平洋的岛群……… Hawaii‚ New Zealand‚ Samoa Melanesia––美拉尼西亚（西南太平洋一海域..........Fiji‚ New Guinea‚ Solomon Islands Micronesia –– 密克罗尼西亚 (西太平洋岛群)……… Guam‚ Marshall Islands Tropical –– 热带的 Lagoon –– 泻湖‚ 咸水湖 Waterfall –– 瀑布 Rainforest –– 雨林 Volcano ––火山 Turquoise –– 绿松石‚ 青绿色 Population –– 人口 1. What is the capital city of Hawaii? ____________________________ 2. In which ocean is Hawaii located? _______________________________
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Explain why the Philippines and California are affected by disasters in different ways California is a state on the west coast of the USA and the Philippines is an island country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. They are both considered hazard hotspots and frequently experience natural disasters. A natural disaster is the realisation of a hazard. California is an MEDC‚ the 6th largest economy in the world with a GDP of US$65000 per capita. However‚ despite the high risk of hazards
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should either stop selling plastic water bottles or at least make a law that you have to recycle them haven’t you ever been irked buy crushed water bottles laying all over the ground or have you ever heard of the pacific trash vortex it’s a giant heap of litter in the middle of the pacific ocean and its estimated to be about twice the size of Texas. Think about it if that stuff had been recycled first of all it wouldn’t be there and second thousands of marine creatures’ lives would be saved. Sure buying
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Anthony Tang Erika Rantung Geography Per. 7 December 12‚ y Fiji Located in the in the South Pacific Ocean‚ Fiji is a slice of heavenly paradise on earth. Officially the Republic of Fiji‚ this beautiful country is composed of 332 separate islands‚ of which only 110 are inhabited. The two major islands‚ Viti Levu and Vanua Levu‚ provide homes for 87 percent of the Fijian population of 850‚000. The rustic capital of Fiji is Suva‚ which is also the largest city population wise in Fiji. Interestingly
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environments. As a group member‚ I will use pollen to analyze radical or non-radical change in vegetation along with fauna extinction to support inferences about human impacts on the environment. 1. Introduction Lapita is a term given to an ancient Pacific Oceanic archaeological culture. The Lapita is believed to be a common ancestor of many cultures in Polynesia‚ Micronesia and Melanesia. The name Lapita comes from a site where pottery was first discovered on the main island of New Caledonia. Likewise
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INFORMATIVE ESSAY BY David Adeoso In this essay I am going to write about the ocean and all the amazing things about the ocean that some people might not know. Growing up I was never interested in the ocean or things like that but as I am starting to grow the world and the ocean are starting to become much more fascinating to me. There are many amazing things about the ocean and what lives in it some things that are amazing to me are that Earth is the only known planet or moon to have large
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review of Lord of the Flies written in 1954. About the plot In Lord of the Flies‚ the action takes place in the midst of a nuclear war. A group of British boys find themselves stranded‚ without adult supervision‚ on a tropical island of the Pacific Ocean after the crash of their plane. Waiting to be rescued‚ the boys try to govern themselves and to form a culture similar to the one they left behind them. The author placed supposedly innocent schoolboys in the protected environment of an uninhabited
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countries and decided to stay out of Hungary’s fight. The United States wanted to expand down west and also focus their attention on the Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny is the idea of having the United States stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The United States stopped all involvement with all fights and focused on their plan for the Manifest Destiny. Intervention The United States proposes the Open Door Policy in 1899 should be categorized as Intervention. The Open Door Policy
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