Floodplain

People depended on the yearly flood of the Nile to water crops. Fields in the Nile floodplain covered in water and fertilized by a new batch of silt, this season was Akhet, or the flood season. It lasted from mid-June to mid-October. The next season was Peret, the planting and growing season, which went from mid-October to mid-February.…

both a coping mechanism and a way for her child’s mind to explain the shifting, uncertain world around her. In her largely uneducated or informally educated community, only one adult seems aware of the full implications of climate change on their floodplain home. Using her teacher’s knowledge of history and climate, Hushpuppy extrapolates her own explanations and forms her own logic to guide her as everything she knows to be familiar and…

Mitigation is a decidedly important component of homeland security. Obviously not all hazards can be avoided, and both natural disasters and terrorist activities are an inevitable reality to our nation. While a country cannot stop every disaster from happening, what they can do is reduce the risk where possible, and reduce the severity of consequence from when a disaster does strike (Haddow, Bullock, & Coppola, 2014). One of the ways in which the government does this is through support and…

communities and more of them. The Kivas were also larger. Generations of people probably stayed in these areas due to the discovery of burials, but they were still very mobile. Most of these homes are built in slightly higher elevation with the floodplains right below. This would provide secure access to water for agriculture, for maize which has been found in sites. A lot of shell has also been found suggesting high levels of trade with coastal…

assessed for risk exposure for such things as oil slicks, tornados, wildfires, earthquakes—whatever emergency probabilities exist for various areas around the country. Each zip code would have a risk assessment level, with special areas, such as floodplains, assessed at a different risk level. Fees would also be assessed for activities conducted. For instance, if it is oil drilling companies drilling in water where there is risk of coastal damage, such as seen on our gulf shores, then they would…

can stay dormant up to twenty months and are viable for up to five to eight years. These seeds are often spread by wind, water, animals, or humans. According to the Forest Invasive plants Resource Center, garlic mustard mostly grows in “upland and floodplain forests, savannas, urban yards, and along roadsides.” It prefers growing in shaded areas with non-acidic…

Japanese Injustice Throughout history, many groups of people have come to Arkansas for a variety of reasons. Some people have come seeking land, freedom, or other opportunities. Other groups of people were forced to come to these state. Some groups have settled in the state and lent their culture to the region while other groups were here for a while, then moved on to other regions of the United States. One group that came to Arkansas by force was the Japanese. These people were forced into…

Overpopulation exists and is very prevalent in some of the largest countries in the world. It especially exists in many major countries such as China and India. This is why policies are implemented in order to reduce the overpopulation in these countries, such as China’s one-child policy. The one-child policy was created in 1980, when the government wanted to enforce family planning to avoid excess procreation. This complex policy has many external factors that make it run somewhat smoothly. In…

nearly stable wetlands. The basin contains about 70% forest habitat and about 30% marsh and open water. It contains the largest contiguous block of forested wetlands remaining (about 35%) in the lower Mississippi River valley and the largest block of floodplain forest in the United States. Best known for its iconic cypress-tupelo swamps, at 260,000 acres (110,000 ha), this block of forest represents the largest remaining contiguous tract of coastal cypress in the US. (Wikipedia.org). …

creek bed. Contrary to our hypothesis, at least with zinc, the highest levels were contained in the shallower samples. Furthermore, we recognized that samples from the east side of Highway 69 have lower values of zinc due to its elevation above the floodplain. Discussion Once the data was graphed, part of our hypothesis was validated. The closer the sample was to the creek or the mining district, the higher heavy metal levels were. Contrary to our hypothesis, the shallower samples had higher…