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    it. Their poems Break‚ Break‚ Break (Tennyson)‚ and The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls (Longfellow) use repetition and loaded words to convey the theme of accepting death in order to truly live. The writers are able to convey their theme through their symbolical/metaphorical use of the sea. In The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls‚ Longfellow uses the sea to represent nature’s consistency. The poem begins and ends with the words‚ “the tide rises‚ the tide falls.” These words are present in each stanza and show

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    sustainability. The section chosen for this investigation was the Urangan beach‚ adjacent to Churchill Street. Its main issue it faces is beach erosion. Erosion is caused by the slow or gradual wearing away of sand‚ and is especially common during storms‚ high tide and rough weather. 2.0 Methodology Primary data was gathered in the form of images taken at the beach and guest speakers (Acworth and Broadstock from FCRC) speaking on the issues‚ solutions and management of coastal areas Secondary data

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    S. BENCHMARK VALUE TO SURVEY AREA USING ELECTRONIC TOTAL STATION GANESAN‚ P. ( National Inst. Of Oceanography‚ Regional Centre‚ Visakhapatnam. ) (Email: ganeshan@nio.org Phone:0891-2539180) (Keywords: G.T.S. Benchmark‚ Mean sea level‚ Chart datum. Tide pole‚ Inter-tidal zone) ABSTRACT A G.T.S. (Great Trigonometrical Survey) benchmark is a permanently fixed reference survey station (or point)‚ having known elevation with respect to a standard datum (mean sea level). These are established all over

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    Similar to a wind turbine‚ many tidal stream generators rotate underwater and is driven by the swiftly moving dense water. Although not yet widely used‚ tidal power has potential for future electricity generation. Tides are more predictable than wind energy and solar power. Historically‚ tide mills have been used‚ both in Europe and on the Atlantic coast of the USA. The earliest occurrences date from the Middle Ages‚ or even from Roman times. Tidal power is the only form of energy which derives directly

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    Mangrove: Case Study

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    live in the conditions of shallow water area. There are many different plat families and these plants are able to survive regular flooding as well as fresh and salt waters. The mangrove trees must withstand being submerged twice a day by saltwater tides. The soil in which these trees grow in maybe sand but it is mostly rich mud. This rich mud is high in nutrients but low in oxygen. Mangroves have these aerial and salt filtering roots and salt excreting leaves that help them occupy the fluctuating

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    Field Trip

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    into three main regions : a. Splash zone -- a region rarely covered by the sea‚ but is usually sprayed with salt spray at high tide. Sometimes‚ it may be drenched in a heavy gale. Aquatic plants and animals are rare in this zone. b. Intertidal zone -- Also known as the littoral zone. It lies between the mean high water spring tide mark and the mean low water spring tide mark.. All the plants and animals in this zone must

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    Seaweed Desiccation

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    beach‚ there are various sections that are visibly different from one another. These zones are due to seaweed‚ the size‚ density and more obviously colours. The most common colour seaweeds are browns‚ from the phaeophycae family. During the day‚ as tides come and go‚ the seaweed becomes saturated and then starts to dry out‚ called desiccation. This coursework will look at the adaptations of seaweed?s to reduce desiccation‚ and also the factors that cause the desiccation of seaweed. To begin with‚

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    contrasts. The first is “The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls” by Henry Longfellow and the second is “Before I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson. In “The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls‚” the poem has a narrative of a traveler who enters a quiet town from the sea and never returns. It is never stated directly that the traveler has died‚ but the following lines could imply it; “The day returns‚ but nevermore Returns the traveller to the shore‚ And the tide rises‚ the tide falls.” Either way‚ despite

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    On December third‚ the wind changed overnight and it was winter. Until then the autumn had been mellow‚ soft. The earth was rich where the plow had turned it. Nat Hocken‚ because of a wartime disability‚ had a pension and did not work full time at the farm. He worked three days a week‚ and they gave him the lighter jobs. Although he was married‚ with children‚ his was a solitary disposition; he liked best to work alone. It pleased him when he was given a bank to build

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    Tools used to measure latitude (Lesson 02.01) (use the first resource in this lesson to help you) Be able to list and describe the 3 main tools used to measure latitude in early navigation Sextant- allowed users to determine their latitude to within a sea mile or two The gnomon or sun-shadow disk- operated like a sundial‚ enabling the user to determine his latitude by the length of the sun’s shadow cast on a disk floating level in water. The Arabian kamal- a rectangular plate that one moved

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