Floodplain

Chapter 14 - questions* 1-20 on pages 442-443 1. Streams collect water from runoff and discharged groundwater, and they conduct it from elevated regions of the continent down to the sea. 2. Dendritic drainage develops a dendritic network which looks like the pattern of branches connecting to the trunk of a deciduous tree. Radial drainage form on a cone shaped mountain flow outward from the mountain peak. Rectangular drainage channels form along the preexisting fractures and streams join each…

Mitigation Alexandra Foust Park University Stefan Buckman ABSTRACT There must be established steps of mitigation situations at the city, county, state, and US government levels. Without these mitigation solutions the towns and cities are at risk for the devastation that natural disasters can bring and a long recovery stage. Typically, the recovery is hardest for the community, but mitigation works to shorten the recovery stage and reduce the effects of the disaster itself.…

INTRODUCTION Parental care in Decapoda is usually limited to the female's care for her eggs (i.e., carrying, oxygenating, cleaning, protecting, and sometimes assisting in hatching) (Hazlett, 1983). Care of recently hatched juveniles is rare in invertebrates, and evolved mainly in terrestrial and freshwater species (Thiel, 2000). The freshwater crayfishes show some of the most complex patterns of parental care among decapods (Hazlett, 1983). The majority of studies with these animals refer to…

found that the river provided them not just water but also food, and the right nutrients to grow crops. This area was key because it only flooded at certain times of the year, helping with the harvest, and in their survival. “Together, the Niles floodplain and Delta fed a population of four to five million people throughout Egypt’s long history” (Wallech, 2013, p. 54). One feature that makes Ancient Egypt a civilization is religion. Religion to the ancient Egyptians was very important…

The tropical rainforest is a wonderful place! There’s so many animals and plants… it’s overwhelming! In fact, there’s three of them around the world! There’s one in South America, one in Australia, and one in Indonesia. The most famous is the Amazon Rainforest in South America. In fact, the Amazon Rainforest is the biggest rainforest. Three biotic factors of tropical rainforests are animals, trees, and plants. In fact, the tropical rainforests have some of the most fascinating animals in the…

Although no precedent exists for stopping irrigation to improve stream flows, moving water rights from one irrigated parcel to another is a well-established practice in Mexico. By changing the locations of irrigation rights from cropland to natural floodplain wetlands, they successfully re-allocated ecological flows to the delta without officially changing the uses associated with their water…

The earliest evidence of Mesoamerican interaction with the Northern American traditions is the emergence of the cultivation of maize in the American Southwest. While there are differencing opinions on the specific location of this introduction, the roots of the maize tradition are found in the deep in the heart of the southern Mesoamerican region of the North American continent. Contemporary studies of the pollen records of the early form of the what we call corn today, Zea Mays, along with…

Geography is essential to understanding the place with the only known life source on it. Because there is so much information and geography covers a wide variety of topics,it can be broken down into five themes: Movement, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, and Place. Each of these themes helps people understand more about the earth, how it is formed, how ideas spread, and how it affects other places and things. Knowing this kind of information can help one make better decisions…

Introduction: The African lungfishes are eel or salamander-like freshwater fishes belonging to the genus Protopterus that constitutes of four species that are all found in Africa. The genus Protopterus is the only genus affiliated to the family Protopteridae. The lifespan of lungfishes is about 20 years and more especially under favorable conditions. African lungfish are characterized by their outstanding adaptations that enabled them estivate during dry season. The species is also known by…

Djoser’s Pyramid The unique shape of Djoser’s pyramid may be explained by looking at the building structures that were in use prior to the construction of pyramids in ancient Egypt. During Egypt’s Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom, rectangular structures with a flat roof and outward sloping sides were used to mark the tombs of the elite members of society. These structures, made of mud-brick or stone, were known as mastabas (meaning ‘bench of mud’ in Arabic). Perhaps intending to outdo his…