River velocity Measuring the velocity allows us to determine the speed‚ at which the river travels. If a high quantity of rain falls close to the source of the river there will be a greater amount of water travelling down stream and as a result the volume of water will be travelling at a higher speed. In the section of the river harbourne that that this measurement was taken in a high river velocity can indicate that Harbertonford is susceptible to flooding‚ a hazard that the flood defences
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The Po River The Po River is located in Italy. The river flows from the Cottain Alps through many cities and empties into the Adriatic Sea. Although the Po is a very beautiful river it threatens many cities because of its spring and fall floods. The flood water tears away ranks and bridges and destroys fields and towns. To help control the flood waters they build dams. Two good things about these dams where that the slowed water flow and the created hydroelectric energy. To travel by boat on
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river yamuna Information River Yamuna (यमुना)‚ with a total length of around 1‚370 kilometers (851 mi)‚ is the largest tributary of the Ganges River Ganga गगां in northern India. Yamuna is considered the most sacred among all the rivers as per Hindu mythology. Its source is at Yamunotri‚ in the Uttarakhand Himalaya‚ in the Himalayan Mountains.It flows through the states of Delhi‚ Haryana and Uttar Pradesh‚ before merging with the Ganges at Allahabad. The cities of Delhi‚ Mathura and Agra lie on
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benefit the people who are affected by river blindness. I believe many pharmaceutical in the area that river blindness occurs will invest in the cure for river blindness. 3. However‚ Merck could not justify such an investment in terms of financial at all‚ because this development is a big financial risk. Merck works for a company that is committed to the people‚ so they take risk to better the people. This is the main reason they would create a cure for river blindness 4. Merck could tell them that
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The Floating Villages The Mekong River runs through Cambodia and Vietnam where it flows out into the South China Sea. This hugely important river is home to a number of floating villages throughout Cambodia and Vietnam. However changes in the river levels and the effects of pollution threaten these established communities and there place in society as well as how they utilise the space around them. On a boat trip of the Mekong River in July this year I got to see‚ firsthand‚ how these floating
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http://www.riverisland.com/Online/ [pic] Logo [pic] DESCRIPTION/PURPOSE The logo is placed in the top left of the website page. The word River Island are shown above is in black and in Capital which this emphasis their company name. The purpose for this logo is that people would know what website they are visiting and seeing company’s image. This logo’s size has the height of 76px and width 172 px. TARGET AUDIENCE The target audience is for teenagers and adults aged 13-35.
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river of babylon Olivia pickernsil Mrs. Sheridan English 2- honors 13 September 2011 “By the Rivers of Babylon” Literary Analysis Questions 1) Stephen Vincent Benet gives John‚ the son of a priest and the narrator‚ a brave‚ ambitious persona that thinks with his heart and is determined and religious The first-person point-of-view is incredibly helpful to the reader in this story because John lives in a world that is not our time period‚ and in a culture that is very unusual and foreign to
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The North American river otter (lontra Canadensis)‚ also known as they river otter‚ are small semi-aquatic mammals commonly found in the North American continent along the waterways and coasts. River otters have existed for a very long time. Archeologists have discovered fossils that date back as old as 200 B.C. Otters body form have remained unchanged for 30 million years. They have gone under slow subtle evolutionary changes over that time period‚ but have retained the same body shape. The
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Some of the earliest civilizations on Earth were the Early River Valley Civilizations. All of these civilizations existed between 3500 and 1500 BCE. Three of these civilizations‚ China‚ Sumer‚ and Egypt shared many characteristics. Among these common characteristics were the development of agriculture through irrigation‚ the importance of religion in society‚ and the form of government they shared. The first characteristic these civilizations shared was the development of agriculture in their
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The River Wild The day began as another gorgeous summer morning in Anchorage‚ the sun ascending over the mountains; at worst you could say that the view was priceless. Today‚ I was going to get the chance to do something that most people from the state of Florida and definitely from my neighborhood don’t get the chance to do often‚ and that is going white water rafting! I was so excited that I couldn’t stop talking about it. The best part was that I get to experience this with my wife and some
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