Drainage basin

Australia the country that's nicked named the country that is down under. The country that was only discovered around 300 years ago, so it remained from human intervention for thousands of years. Australia is located at 250 South and 1340 East, Australia is classified as a continent, country and an island, is the sixth largest country (based on land size) following the USA closely, has a population of 22.13 million and is the biggest island in the world. The reason for Australia is…

As stated earlier, the great jungle of the Congo is eventually overpowered by the Belgian’s greed for one material object – ivory. [ ] At this point in world history, the economy of Belgium and its empire in the Congo basin is dependent on the trade of ivory. It is said that for three decades, beginning in 1875, nearly 70,000 tons of ivory was transported from the Congo to Europe every single year. [ ] While ivory was the hot, new commodity to own in Europe, it was just as a popular…

non-process wastewater to surface water in coastal watershed of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. It covers discharges of “noncontact cooling water, boiler blowdown, air conditioning condensate, water treatment plant filter backwash, swimming pool drainage, groundwater seepage, and swimming pool filter backwash water” to surfaces water (Waste Discharge, 2014). Such discharges originally have the potential to cause an excursion above the water quality objectives, and lead to sudden or chronic…

they encountered. As Americans looked to the west to expand their opportunities, they discovered that a prerequisite for the development of the west was the issue of water. In the arid west, whoever has rights to the precious streams, rivers, and basins of the west, is who was in control. In addition another issue important in the development of the west was, corporate interests specifically the railroad corporations. In May of 1862 the Homestead Act was passed and signed into law by President…

Section 1: Tests used to identify unknown pathogen Mario F. Pedero a 30-year-old male visited his physician complaining of painful bumps and soars on his leg. The patient was diagnosed with HIV + 5 years ago. Due to his diagnosis, cutaneous disorders may manifest from the condition itself, or it can lead to opportunistic infections or infections that are more extensive than normal. The patient was sent to the emergency room were the physical examination revealed skin redness, papule lesions, and…

Bangladesh encounters annual river flooding due to both snowmelt water from the Himalayan mountains through the two major rivers, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, as well as more local rainfall in the catchments of the rivers, including the third major river, the Meghna (Ali 1996). These floods cause tremendous destruction and loss of life as well as damage to crops and other infrastructure. They also cause the spread of diarrheal diseases which are a major health hazard for the people of…

Introduction: The Louisiana Purchase, that was signed in 1803, was a land deal between the US and France, in which the US acquired 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississipi River for $15 million. The Louisiana territory included land from fifteen present US states and two Canadian provinces. The territory contained land that forms Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska; the portion of Minnesota west of the Mississippi River; a large portion of North Dakota;…

Cultural Awareness in Dominican Republic Maximo Moises Vincente Mejia Advanced Leaders Course 13J Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music, etc. Culture has become key in our interconnected world, which is made up of so many ethnically diverse societies, but also riddled by conflicts associated with ethnicity, religion, and ethical beliefs. Culture is not fixed, it will always be…

is the mountain Deriba Caldera of the volcanic range Marrah Mountains in the west. Also in the west are the Highlands of Darfur and the Nile-Congo Watershed, also known as the Nile-Congo Divide. This, at 2,000 kilometers long, separates the drainage basins of the Nile River and the Congo River (Shaw). Sudan is home to one of the most important rivers in Africa. The Nile runs from south to north through east-central Sudan, approximately 800 kilometers through the country. Its tributaries, the…

The critique begins with Van Liere’s identification of three phases of agricultural development in the lower Mekong basin: floodland farmers, bunded field farmers, and receding-flood farmers (1980:267-273). All of these techniques existed during the Angkorian period, as confirmed in Zhou Daguan’s account of Angkor during his visit in the twelfth century (1980:273). When…