The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all. It is an immense lake‚ a body of fresh water‚ although that particular description of its contents might now be more a figure of speech than practical fact. In the last 30 years‚ more than 60 percent of the lake has disappeared. The sequence of images above‚ acquired by Landsat satellites‚ shows the dramatic changes to the Aral Sea between 1973 and 2000. Beginning in the 1960s‚ farmers and state offices in Uzbekistan‚ Kazakhstan‚ and Central Asian states
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While the South was busy with its problems‚ authors of that era were emerging writing about the troubles of the South and its unwillingness to move forward. Born and raised in New Albany‚ Mississippi‚ William Faulkner is in the preeminent position of southern gothic writing. This genre depicts the south as a place permeated with lack of progression. It exposes the American South’s inability to move forward along with the industrialized North after the Civil War. Similar to Gothic‚ Southern Gothic
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Geography H/W – The Disappearing Aral Sea This essay intends to first introduce the disappearing Aral Sea‚ which due to the extensive agricultural activities devised by the Soviet government in the region‚ the former fourth-largest lake of the world is now the world’s eighth largest lake. This has resulted in perhaps the world’s most prominent man-made ecological disaster‚ giving its location and background knowledge with a map‚ and then describe its future in terms of how it is going to be utilized
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Aral Sea The Aral Sea was once the fourth largest inland sea in the world. About‚ a million years ago from now the northwestern part of Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan were covered by a massive inland sea. This sea was formed when all the waters retreated from a big land; they left a broad plain that contained highly saline soil. Due to the retreating of water many ancient remains were disappeared. The only remnant that remained was a big inland sea which was the Aral Sea. The Aral Sea was an
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Introduction - 1 - 2. History - 1 - 3. Effects of the Dying Sea - 3 - 4. Remediation - 5 - 5. Conclusion - 6 - References - 7 - List of Figures Figure 1. Location of Aral Sea. (Google Maps‚ 2013) - 1 - Figure 2. Comparison of the Aral Sea Before 1960 and present day. - 4 - Figure 3. Old Fishing Vessels (Francios‚ 2010) - 4 - 1.0 Introduction The Aral Sea is located in central Asia and is situated between the south of Kazakhstan‚ more specifically Aktobe and Kyzylorda provinces
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The poem "South" repossesses ideas of African heritage through the hybridity that "occur[s] in post-colonial societies both as a result of conscious moments of cultural suppression‚ as when the colonial power[s] [...] dispossess indigenous peoples and force them to assimilate to new social patterns" (Ashcroft‚ et al. 183). Hybridity is the force behind repossession in "South‚" and Brathwaite plays up what must remain from a hybrid (or colonized) identity. The poem reads‚ "But today I recapture the
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13 Cause and Effect Essay. The Aral Sea disaster. The Aral Sea disaster is one of ecological disasters that effect terribly on our life. It was fourth largest lake in the world‚ but nowadays 80 per cent of water disappeared. The main reason why the Aral Sea has shrunk so dramatically is because water from the rivers flowing to it has been diverted for irrigation. The Aral Sea basin is fed by the Syr Darya and Amu Darya Rivers‚ which flow directly into the sea. Other rivers feeding the basin are
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Social Research 10/6/13 All over the world‚ from the Bering Sea to the Sea of Japan‚ from the Mediterranean to the Gulf of Mexico‚ from China to the Chesapeake‚ any place oceans are in trouble‚ jellyfish are taking over. Jellyfish do well in warmer waters. Our carbon dioxide emissions are both warming the water and causing it to become corrosive. Warmer water -- even a fraction of a degree -- holds less oxygen than cooler water and shifts the balance of who survives and
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pERIOD | China | Report on China | | Willie Thomas | 11/6/2012 | | Table of Contents History‚ Culture‚ Clothing 3 Religion‚ Food‚ Major Languages 4 Bibliography 5 China History China’s first great thinker and teacher name was Confucius. He came up with the golden rule‚ which stated: “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” Confucius urged people to “measure the feelings of others by one’s own‚” for “within the four seas all men are
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China‚ officially the People’s Republic of China‚ is a country located in East Asia. It is the world’s most populous country‚ with a population of over 1.3 billion. The PRC is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China‚ with its seat of government in the capital city of Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces‚ five autonomous regions‚ four direct-controlled municipalities‚ and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions . The PRC also claims Taiwan – which
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