McElroy College Prep English I 1/23/14 Mt. Everest Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain in the world at 29‚029 feet which would be the height of 20 Empire State buildings and 5 ½ miles above sea level. Mt. Everest straddles the border of Nepal and Tibet. Mt. Everest is part of the Himalaya mountains. It is named after Sir George Everest that never even saw the peak. The Tibetans and Sherpas call it “Chomolungma” meaning “Mother Goddess of the Earth”. Mt. Everest is over 60 million years old
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As You Like It Forest Vs Court The forest is presented in a more favourable light in that the “goodies”‚ Duke Senior and his court‚ reside there. All of the good characters in the court are banished or exiled to the forest at the start of the play. Duke Senior describes the court as “painted pomp…the envious court”. He goes on to say that in the forest the dangers are real but natural and are preferable to those in the court “The …churlish chiding of the winter’s wind… even till I shrink with
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As you go deeper into the never-ending forest the outside world closes. Not a house‚ a car or a person in sight‚ all alone in an enchanted forest. The trees stand together yet are still completely alone. They are like shadows‚ haunting one another. I looked up at the glistening‚ starry leaves‚ gleaming like raindrops. The sounds of the rattling of tiny plants‚ grass‚ and swirling leaves on the ground was almost completely silent‚ only the wind that made the whistling sounds among the bare trees was
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Mt. Arenal Elevation: 1‚670 (5‚479 ft.) Spanish: Volcán Arenal Is an active andesitic stratovolcano In north-western Costa Rica‚ around 90 km northwest of San José‚ in the province of Alajuela‚ canton of San Carlos‚ and district of La Fortuna. The Arenal volcano measures at least 1‚633 meters (5‚358 ft.) It is conically shaped with a crater spanning 140 meters (460 ft.) Geologically‚ Arenal is considered a young volcano and the age is estimated to be less than 7‚500 years. It was formed from
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least the past 100 years. The mountain hosts 528 documented plant species. It is the natural habitat of the endemic Dwarf Bamboo‚ (Yushania niitakayamensis) and the Benguet pine (Pinus insularis) which dominates the areas of Luzon tropical pine forests found on the mountainside. Among its native wildlife are 33 bird species and several threatened mammals such as the Philippine Deer‚ Giant Bushy-Tailed Cloud Rat (“bowet”) and the Long-Haired Fruit Bat. Mount Pulag is the only place that hosts the
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Prestiage of Everest. By: Alyssa Turner Have you ever thought about climbing Mt. Everest? Well‚ Sir Edman Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people who did. The simarities and differances of "View from the Summit" by Sir Edman Hillary and the "The Dream comes True" by Tenzing Norgay are similiar about the events to the top of Mt. Everest‚ but they’re also different in their backgrounds and emotions. They are similiar because they both made it to the top of Everest at 11:30
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We were walking through the forest; we had just got out from school. I was taking a look behind me and see Sarah running trying to keep up with my pace. “Slow down‚ I can’t keep up with your pace” she said breathing heavy from running so much. I rolled my eyes at my dramatic friend; she glared when she saw me roll my eyes at her. I turned around and continued walking at a slightly slower pace. “It’s not like anything bad is going to happen” I pointed out. It’s like she thought Big Foot or
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and 12‚600 are injured in home fires in the United States‚ with direct property loss due to home fires estimated at $7.3 billion annually. Home fires can be prevented!To protect yourself‚ it is important to understand the basic characteristics of fire. Fire spreads quickly; there is no time to gather valuables or make a phone call. In just two minutes‚ a fire can become life-threatening. In five minutes‚ a residence can be engulfed in flames.Heat and smoke from fire can be more dangerous than the
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IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS Introduction Trees are mankind lifeline. If they are destroyed‚ there is no way that human beings can survive. From the oxygen that we breathe in‚ the food that we eat‚ to the clothes we wear‚ we owe it all to the trees. Not only this‚ trees act as purifiers of air and receptacles of our waste products. Trees have great economic value too. We get fuel‚ fodder‚ timber‚ medicines and numerous other valuable products from the trees. It is‚ therefore‚ not surprising that trees
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Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges Water Allocation Plan FACT SHEET | DECEMBER 2013 Foreword from Sharon Starick‚ Presiding Member of the South Australian Murray-Darling Basin NRM Board I am very pleased to share the news that the water allocation plan for the Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges has been adopted by the Minister for Sustainability‚ Environment and Conservation‚ the Honourable Ian Hunter MLC. The development of the plan has been a long journey over many years. Numerous members of the
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