The need for growing more food‚ on a sustainable basis‚ to support the ever-increasing population demands a systematic appraisal of our natural resources including climate‚ soils‚ flora‚ and fauna. Since agriculture is highly location-specific‚ grouping the available land area in the country into different agro-ecological regions based on certain identifiable characteristics becomes all the more important. This may help the country to engage in more rational planning and optimizing resource use for
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Rainwater Harvesting Introduction It was very difficult to imagine few decades before that you will require to buy drinking. The use value of water was never undermined‚ but it’s about time that even its exchange value is given due importance. Fresh water today is a scarce resource‚ and it is being felt the world over. More than 2000 million people would live under conditions of high water stress by the year 2050‚ according to the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)‚ which warns water
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The nation has very few hotel rooms per capita by international comparison and low ATM penetration. The Indian government has identified a shortage of 150‚000 hotel rooms‚ with most of the undersupply in the budget sector.[6] Arunachal Pradesh Snowfall in Tawang Arunachal finds mention in the literature of Kalika Purana and Mahabharata. This place is supposed to be the Prabhu Mountains of the Puranas. It was here that sage Parashuram washed away his sin‚ sage Vyasa meditated‚ King Bhishmaka founded
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Reading Material: Realms of the Earth Astro-physicists and scientists believe that there could be quite a few planets in the Universe similar to our planet Earth. There is also a probable chance that some form of life prevails and sustains in one of such planet. However‚ so far as we presently know‚ the Earth is the only planet which supports life which makes it a very unique planet. It is therefore imperative (very important and necessary) for us to understand the spheres of the Earth as the spheres
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a bimodal rainfall pattern. The short rains fall between October and December while the long rains fall between March and May. Annual rainfall in Kajiado District is strongly influenced by altitude. Loitokitok‚ which has a high elevation‚ has the highest average rainfall of 1‚250mm while Magadi and Lake Amboseli with the lowest elevations have the lowest annual average rainfall of about 500mm. Heavy rains also occur around Ngong Hills‚ Chyulu Hills and Nguruman Escarpment. The rainfall pattern on
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Arrays: Lists and Tables Although the value of a variable may change during execution of a program‚ in all our programs so far‚ a single value has been associated with each variable name at any given time. In this chapter‚ we will discuss the concept of an array—a collection of variables of the same type and referenced by the same name. We will discuss one-dimensional arrays (lists) at length and focus briefly on twodimensional arrays (tables). You will learn how to set up and use arrays to accomplish
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PHYSICAL REGIONS: * The total length of Australia’s coastlines is 35 877 km with western Australia’s being the largest. * Australia’s coastline is relatively short due to its compact shape(all in one) * Australia is the smallest out of the 7 continents * It has and area of7 682 000 km squared * A region is defined as an area with one or more features that distinguish it from surrounding areas. These are either‚ natural‚ cultural economic or political. Example- GREAT BARRIER REEF
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areas Car parks Grass Garden beds Sand pits (play grounds) Task 3: Calculating the amount of water falling on School. One millimetre of rainfall per one square meter of area = one litre of water. Go to The Bureau of Meterology and determine the average annual rainfall for Dee Why. www.bom.gov.au Using calculated total area of the school and the rainfall data. Calculate how many litres of water pass through the school grounds each year. For example‚ if your school grounds are 500 m long by
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“BRRRR!” Man it sure is cold out here. Alaska’s mountains are huge. Cold‚ cold‚ cold climate. This traveling is really hard. Alaska’s geography was difficult to explore because of the mountains‚ climate‚ and how you get there/ traveling. This mountain is bigger the a skyscraper. One way mountains make it hard is because you can’t just go through them. These mountains are so large if you have to go up there you might even have breathing problems. You have to go around the mountains because they’re
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opportunity to perform piano or a play she wrote and tackling it well at last minute. It was the usual and the usual would last. Diana looked out the window watching the first snowfall gently land on the window sill outside. The snowflakes were big and fluffy as marshmallows. Sadly‚ it was very likely the first snowfall wouldn’t stay. October 29th was an early start to the winter and if she told the truth she wasn’t ready for it yet. The children from the town played hockey not a kilometer away
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