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    estuarine ecology

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    cross-section; the result‚ after sea-level rise‚ is a fjord with deeper basin than the sill Classical coastal plain estuaries (drowned river valley) – V-shaped cross-section; shallow: 20m or less; broad flat areas along the sides with marshes; very large in surface area 25 km x 25 km (Delaware Bay) Coastal plain salt-marsh estuary – from NC to Florida on east coast‚ few major river estuaries. Salt marshes from along low-lying coastal areas; well-defined tidal drainage network (dendritic); formed in a manner

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    http://www.research.noordhoff.nl/sites/7644/_assets/7644d01.pdf Text The book that follows deals with one of the world’s great rivers‚ the Mekong. The twelfth largest in length‚ it is‚ for reasons that I examine in the text‚ still surprisingly little known by comparison with other great rivers such as the Nile or Amazon. Yet the Mekong and the lands that lie beside it possess a turbulent history and face major contemporary political social and economic problems‚ and so an uncertain future

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    Pakistan received more than three times their annual rainfall in a matter of 36 hours. Gushing quickly down the tributaries into the Indus River‚ the rainwater’s gave rise to floods of catastrophic proportions. Given the immensity of the downpours‚ some flooding was inevitable. Yet rivers are essentially channels to drain out water; being one of the largest rivers of the world‚ the Indus should have been able to carry out the excess waters into the Arabian Sea which it joins near Karachi. Why could

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    pressure on water resources and resulting in the need to establish environmental flows in rivers. Outline the principles of environmental flows in relation to maintaining fish population integrity. (50%) Describe the impacts of dam construction for water supply‚ hydropower generation‚ irrigation and flood control on flows and the effects on fish and fisheries. (50%) 2. In the 1950s to 1970s many lowland rivers were degraded by engineering activities designed to minimise flooding of adjacent land

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    between one drainage basin and another 6. Source- The place where a river begins- river system has numerous sources 7. Confluence- A place where two rivers meet Overground • Channel flow- Raindrops might fall directly into a river or stream • Surface Runoff- Water runs downhill over the ground towards a river or stream 1. Rain travelling as surface runoff will get to rivers and streams much more quickly‚ reaching a river or stream with little delay within a short time-span 2. More likely

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    Bangladesh Floods 1998 [pic] ----------------------- Prediction: ← Bangladesh is built on delta and floodplain of the Ganges‚ Brahmaputra‚ Meghna River‚ this area is expected to flood. ← The annual flood is expected and is needed to make the land fertile for farming. ← Upwards of 300 million people live on the Ganges delta‚ and this is increasing. Effects: ← 2379 people died. ← Destruction of communication network meant it was impossible to deliver food and medical

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    Saints at the River‚ by Ron Rash‚ is a novel that brings light to the controversy of conservation and effectively relays both sides of the argument with very limited biased. There are many factors that influence the controversy and its surrounding issues‚ but the primary decision is whether or not nature should be preserved or commercialized. While the young girl’s father uses an emotional argument and only wants his daughter’s body‚ many of the people supporting him care much more about using this

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    characteristics of the River Lym. The velocity then drops at the mouth where it tends to deposit its load The velocity then drops at the mouth where it tends to deposit its load This is the general long profile of the river where the gradient decreases as you go down the river. The source is highest point of the river basin which usually is a mountain. This is the general long profile of the river where the gradient decreases as you go down the river. The source is highest point of the river basin which

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    Save the Child

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    CTET NOVEMBER 2012 ANSWER KEY-SOLUTION BY WWW.EXAMHUNT.IN PAPER-2 : CHILD DEVELOPMENT November 18‚ 2012 Correct Answer It is subjective evidence of behavior and therefore does not provide feedback for scholastic area B and A 29 19 01 Oh really‚ your mother rang up Principal ma’am last night‚ 28 20 03 09 Did she seek an appointment with her ? Higher order divergent 27 02 26 06 Difficulty level of the question 26 01 24 07 Ability to monitor their own learning 21 13 06 24 The tendency to persist

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    Save Monuments

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    If you live within 100 metres of a centrally protected monument‚ you cannot expand your property anymore‚ according to an amendment to an Act on the protection of monuments. In a major step towards protection of monuments under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)‚ President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday signed the amendment to the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Remains and Sites Act‚ 1958‚ which envisages ban on construction in the prohibited area of the ASI-protected monument. The

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