KENYATTA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY STUDY ON INFILTRATION AND SOIL TEXTURE UNDER BANANA AND MAIZE LAND USE SYSTEMS IN GATUNDU CATCHMENT‚ KIAMBU COUNTY‚KENYA KAKAIRE JOEL I56EA/20023/2012 ICEDUNA MARION I56EA/20021/2012 MWM714: FIELD MAPPING AND LABORATORY TECHQNIUES FIELD REPORT COURSE INSTRUCTOR: DR. MAKOKHA GEORGE TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS PAGES 1.0 Introduction ...............................................................
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1 Population growth and urban problem in Mumbai‚ India According to G.Tyler(1994)‚ the more poor people move from rural to urban area the more poverty is becoming urbanized. A lot of cities have damage because of the extreme poverty and social and environment in stead of being centers of commerce and industry. In this article I will discuss the problem of slum clearance in Mumbai‚ India. I am interested in poor people in urban area. First I will refer about population growth which is related
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poisonous to fish and other ocean life. Nutrients may cause nuisance growth of aquatic weeds and algae. Weeds can make a lake unsuitable for swimming and clog waterways. Suspended matter such as soil and wash off from plowed field causes silt when it rains. When silt enters the waterway the waters depth is reduced and ocean life and their environment may suffocate. To combat this problem I would create a detailed water pollution guide. The guide would have material on source water assessments and
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Hydrometer analysis is used to determine the grain-size distribution of a soil which is similar to the sieve analysis done in an earlier lab. Hydrometer analysis can be combined with the sieve analysis to determine the amounts (percents) of fines (silts and clays) in a sample. The hydrometer analysis doesn’t require the soil to be passed through a series of sieves like in the sieve analysis. The analysis measures the rate of sedimentation. The larger the particle‚ the quicker it will fall out of
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Review for Midterm Earth is 4.6 billion years old What do Geologist do Study the structure of mountain ranges Attempt to predict geological hazard Principle of parsimony = Occams Razor (Simpler is better) Deep Time The amount of time of Earth’s existence Universe began=Big Bang Theory Earth’s creation= Nebula hypothesis Geological time Scale Largest units to smallest (EEPE) Eons Eras Periods Epocs Cambrien Explosion Mass amount of fossils found in the Cambrien time period Names
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erosion is an indirect process of erosion. Abrasion Rock fragments at the base of the glacier grind against the bedrock wearing down it’s surface. As a result‚ the surface becomes smooth. These smoothed bedrock surfaces are called striations. Fine silt particles are formed‚ called rock flour. This causes meltwater streams to look ‘milky’. Some of the factors that influence abrasion include: o Ice velocity – faster flowing glaciers create more abrasion simply because more debris is passing a given
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There were four main ancient River Valley civilizations: the Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia‚ the Nile River of Egypt‚ the Indus River of India‚ and the Yellow River of China. These civilizations showed specific similarities and contrasting differences. Many of these differences and similarities showed up in the three categories of the technological advances‚ the types of government‚ and the geography of the civilization. Two civilizations that are very interesting to delve deeper into and study
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Though there was no regular rainfall in Mesopotamia‚ the layers of silt deposited by the rivers made the soil fertile over the years. There was an area of land known as the Fertile Crescent between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf that had soil rich enough to produce crops that were sufficient to sustain life
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It is hard to find anyone in Bangladesh who does not have any memory of a river. Someone may have a lot of memories of swimming in a river while someone else may have memories of journey by boat or launch on rivers. On the other hand‚ many of us also experience the cruel face of rivers during flood. But‚ memory of river is a common characteristic of the people of Bangladesh‚ a country crisscrossed by rivers. Actually‚ the rivers of Bangladesh mark both the psychology of the nation and the life
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Writer: Linber LewisSchool: President’s College‚ GuyanaIf one asks the question‚ what can floods do?‚ then the following may seem like fitting answers. During the summer monsoon season‚ heavy rains cause destructive floods in Southeast Asia. In China‚ the floods of the Huang He River have been so frequent and devastating that the river is called Chinas Sorrow. Likewise in the US‚ record spring and summer rains in 1993 caused the Mississippi Rover to overflow its banks‚ flooding farms and towns from
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