Mighty Mississippi Research Paper The Mississippi was the longest river in the United States and people have used the river for centuries for everything from entertainment to transporting goods and services. For example a lot of the water cargo on the river is agricultural commodities. Corn‚ soybeans and things like that are regularly shipped on the river. Also wood chips and sometimes trees used for pulp production by paper mills are shipped by barge. Gravel and other materials are sometimes
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classification Rivers can generally be classified as either alluvial‚ bedrock‚ or some mix of the two. Alluvial rivers have channels and floodplains that are self-formed in unconsolidated or weakly consolidated sediments. They erode their banks and deposit material on bars and their floodplains. Bedrock rivers form when the river down cuts through the modern sediments and into the underlying bedrock. This occurs in regions that have experienced some kind of uplift (thereby steepening river gradients)
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(sand‚ clay‚ silt‚ gravel) found at the mouth of the river‚ where the river enters a standing body of water (lake‚ pond‚ reservoir‚ or ocean). Herodotus‚ a Greek Historian‚ considered by many as the “Father of History”‚ studied this great geologic feature. He is credited with coining the term “delta” for this is type of landform because of its triangular shape reminded him of the Greek letter Δ (delta). Delta Formation Delta forms when river carrying sediment reaches a body of standing water
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SUBJECT: Environmental Science (Unit 1) TEACHER: Mr. R. Morgan CENTRE: Rhodes Hall High School CENTRE #: 100375 TERRITORY: Jamaica TOPIC: An investigation into the human impacts on the biodiversity of five rivers in Western Jamaica TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE TITLE PAGE …………………………………………………………………….. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ………………………………………………………… 3-4 INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………………… 5
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Part A: The Nile River is a significant geographical feature that contributed to the development of Egyptian society. According to (Sooma‚ 2013a)‚ Egypt was an early river civilization‚ and had to adapt their culture to seasonal flooding of the Nile River. The Nile River flows through Central Africa to the Mediterranean and is formed by the joining of Blue Nile and the White Nile. It is a gentle river that picks up nourishing silt on its path. In the spring‚ during a flood‚ the river deposits this rich
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of a large water mammal‚ popularly called a sea cow because it grazes on marine grasses and other water plants. The Amazonian manatee ranges throughout the Amazon River basin in South America; the West African manatee occurs in rivers and coastal waters of tropical West Africa; and the West Indian‚ or Caribbean‚ manatee is found in rivers and coastal waters from the southeastern United States and the Gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean Sea and northeastern Brazil. An adult manatee has a rounded body‚ usually
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not the park is well managed in my opinion. Physical Features Of The Park- The park has many interesting physical features that make it a brilliant and unique landscape. The Cuckmere Haven is a low lying valley and the River Cuckmere flows through it to the sea. The River Cuckmere has been run and managed for centuries by man. It is run by man primarily to improve navigation and now the park comprises a straight channel with embankments that contain water and reduce the flooding. The old meanders
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the sea and within which there is measurable variation of salinity due to the mixture of seawater with freshwater derived from land drainage (Day‚ 1981). Estuaries are productive and very interesting natural environments‚ in which fresh water from a river mixes with the salt water of the
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brought to the wetlands by rivers‚ produced the perfect spawning grounds for fish‚ shrimp‚ and other invertebrates. This helps boost the economy as fishing is very traditional career for Louisiana. It is well known that a large portion of the seafood consumed in North America is from the wetlands. Wetlands Growth and Delta Switching The wetlands of Louisiana are part of a deltaic system that is fed by the multiple rivers. Three rivers converge on the Mississippi River as it flows south into the
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