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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earthquake in the past thousands years to ever be recorded. What caused this massive destruction one might ask? This devastating quake was caused because Japan is located between two major tectonic plates. When a large number of plate movements occur‚ the Pacific Plate makes its way below a subduction zone. When plate movements are not gradual and continuous along the subductions zones‚ quakes then now occur. When the subduction zones begin to deform from the plate‚ stress begins to build up in the rocks.
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he goes into talking about the life of a salmon. Salmon are born in freshwater rivers‚ and after a time‚ sometimes months or even years they head out to the ocean where they will make an amazing journey. “Some Pacific salmon’s range extends from central California up and around the Pacific Rim and down the Asian coast to Japan.” This is almost nothing to the long trip home many have to take‚ some even traveling up to thousand miles through the Columbia River and into the Rockies‚ and some travel
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volcanoes with volcanic hot springs ‚ lush rainforest full of intrigue with a wide biodiversity and to top it all ‚ a climate that is like no other. Puntarenas is the biggest city in the Central Pacific ‚ and it is located only 120 km west of the Capital of San Jose. Puntarenas covers most of Costa Rica’s Pacific Ocean Coast ‚ decked by plenty of islands ‚ beaches and beautiful natural treasures ‚ which makes Puntarenas a tourist destiny by excellence ‚ famous around the world for its sport-fishing ‚
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1. Outlook of Domestic and International Tourism in the Philippines: • According to the Philippine National Tourism Development Plan 2011-2016‚ DOT wanted the Philippines to be a must-experience destination in Asia. With that strategic vision‚ they established a general goal which is to develop an environmentally and socially responsible tourism that delivers more widely distributed income and employment opportunities as indicated by 6.6 M international arrivals and 34.8 M domestic travellers generating
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coastal beach. Whatever you are looking for‚ you will find the perfect zipline tour in Hawaii to meet your needs. Flying Across the Pacific On Maui‚ visitors can check out one of the top ziplines in the state. Regularly ranked as the top thing to do in Hawaii Magazine‚ this zipline soars above the Pacific Ocean. Visitors can enjoy having panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean and nearby islands as they race down the ziplines. From sparkling mountain pools to serene beaches‚ Maui’s ziplines offer the
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killed over 140‚000 people.[79] More recent major quakes are the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake‚ a 9.0magnitude[80] quake which hit Japan on March 11‚ 2011‚ and triggered a large tsunami.[52] Due to its location in the Pacific Ring of Fire‚ Japan is substantially prone to earthquakes and tsunami‚ having the highest natural disaster risk in the developed world.[81] §Climate Main article: Climate of Japan Cherry blossoms of Mount Yoshinohas been the subject of many plays
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lifeboat. He experiences a change of heart when helping the tiger onto the boat. Pi realizes that he is now posing a threat on his own life. With Richard Parker on the boat‚ Pi is faced with not only the fight to survive stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean‚ but the fight to survive living with a meat eating tiger. The change of heart that Pi experiences might possibly mean that he is an impulsive thinker. It may mean that he often does something on impulse without thinking it through‚ and then
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Midterm Exam Review Chapter 1: * The Five themes of Geography: 1. Location- where a place is A) Absolute location-describes a place’s absolute address (latitude and longitude) B) Relative location-- what is actually at that location 2. Place- A) Physical characteristics- God-made B) Cultural characteristics- man-made 3. Human/environment interaction 4. Movement- earth’s plates‚ migration‚ ocean currents 5. Region- areas that have something in common (physical
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Plymouth‚ England to Plymouth‚ Massachusetts. 2.Using the scale on the interactive map‚ give the approximate distance in miles that Lewis and Clark traveled from St. Louis to Ft. Clatsop near the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and Clark traveled approximately 1‚400 miles from St.Louis to Ft. Clatsop near the Pacific Ocean. 3.Using the scale on the interactive map‚ give the approximate distance in miles that the transcontinental railroad covered from Omaha to San Francisco. The transcontinental railroad
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