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    River otters can stay underwater for up to eight minutes and can close their ears and nostrils to keep water out! They can also dive to a depth of 60 feet!The otter is a small mammal that lives both in water and on land. There are 13 known species of otters that inhabit areas around the world Otters have a thick coat of fur which enables the otter to be warm in near freezing waters. There is also a series of thin hairs under the otters fur that help to trap air and keep the otter warm. The river…

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    The books Hatchet and Brian’s winter, both written by Gary Paulsen. They are about a young man that has to go through some profound changes to make it in the wilderness alone. In the first book, which is the Hatchet. Brian is the main character in the story, when brian was on his way to his father’s house when the pilot of the two seat passenger airplane started to die. The plane began to go down, Brian began to panick. When the plane finally crashed in a big pond in the middle of…

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    Glen Canyon Dam Effects

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    In this research paper I will be exploring some specific ways the Glen Canyon Dam has impacted the Glen Canyon, Grand Canyon and the Colorado River. I will explore the motivation for the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam, and discuss both the positive and negative changes the Glen Canyon Dam has inflicted. Although there are a plethora of impacts, I will be focusing only on those that have influenced the geomorphology of the area. Of these impacts I will concentrate on the negative impacts…

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    Ammocoetes Research Paper

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    The lamprey life cycle begins in freshwater streams. Once they hatch from their eggs the young ammocoetes bury themselves in a U-shaped burrow in silty or sandy river bottoms (Mee-Mann). The ammocoete, however leave their heads out of their burrow in order to filter feed on algae and microscopic organisms in the stream. The lamprey young often will migrate at night by drifting on the current, and then re burrowing downstream (Mee-Mann). Ammocoetes will often grow up to five inches long in their…

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    Floods In Klamath County

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    such type of flooding, riverine flooding, occurs when a body of water exceeds its capacity and it overflows its banks. Communities in close proximity to natural waterways, such as Beatty, Chiloquin, and Sprague River, are most susceptible to this type of flooding. A specific type of river flooding, shallow area flooding, can also occur in Klamath County. This type of flooding affects low-lying areas that would be inundated by a flood with a water depth of three feet or less. Yet another type of…

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    “Crossing the Swamp” is a second person point-of-view narration on the vast details of a swamp. Mary Oliver purposefully personalizes the text speaking in a direct manner to the reader as to explain an experience she dealt with or feels strongly about. The swamp acts as a deep characterization of some larger event, yet Oliver keeps in generalized to appeal to a larger audience. Through the use of elementary diction, grammatical pauses, and imagery, the poet creates a dramatic response to the…

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    When Stanwood was built, as mentioned before, where wetlands use to be, causing many problems to the local river. The Stilly river is a long and winding river, however, when the wetlands were destroyed it became overwhelmed by the excess water. The Stilly wraps around a small island in Stanwood, called Florence island. When the river would start to flood, all of Florence island become flooded, destroying businesses and homes. People of Stanwood started to look for a solution…

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    Bravery, courageous behavior or character is the very definition of a certain mongoose, Rikki-tikki-tavi. The movie by Julie Ross, and the book written by Rudyard Kipling, altho similar have certain differences. In the movie and the book Rikki Tikki Tavi is washed out of his home during a flood. He is found by a family and warmed up. Rikki Tikki Tavi soon learns of the two formidable king cobras in the garden. The movie and the book have similarities between the characters, the setting, and the…

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    story were rainy, so much that the streams were overflowing. This impacted the story because it made it even harder for Dick to get out. He had to cross a full and fast-flowing river. “But the brawling creek he had swam a few hours before had risen, more than doubled its volume, and now rolled a swift and resistless river between him and Rattlesnake Hill” (14). Another setting aspect that affects the story greatly is the character’s way of life in the small mountain town that they live in. The…

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    A 42-year-old woman from Alberta named Rhonda Cardinal was lost in Northern Alberta's wilderness after blacking out on a rabbit trapping trip in 2012. She was living off berries and river water. She couldn't explain how she went missing. She "blacked out", woke up lost and started wandering around through a bush. When she was lost, she encountered a bear. She survived for 16 days. The "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen is about a fourteen year old boy named Brian Robinson who's traveling to Canada to…

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