Grassland

The zebra’s habitat is a wide range in East and Southern Africa. They usually live in treeless grasslands and Savanna Woodlands. Zebras do not live in deserts, rainforests, and wetlands. A zebra is a herbivore. They eat a variety of grasses including shrubs, herbs, twigs, leaves, and bark. Zebras get salt from eating plants. When grass plants are not…

Due to the fact that many dynasties helped in the building of the wall and many sections are located in isolated mountains, grasslands or deserts; the investigation of the size of the wall was difficult. However on April 18, 2009, after a full investigation it was announced that the Great Wall is 5,500 miles long and wall in Beijing measures over 342 miles long (Waldron). The…

Global warming is an increase in the Earth's average temperature due to emissions of pollutants and accumulation of greenhouse gases which could completely change climate zone patterns. This then affects Climate change. Climate change is a change in the Earth’s climate patterns and could negatively or positively affect regions such as Africa. This will result in increased or decreased rainfall, winds, snow, and other weather occurrences. This essay discusses the effects of climate change on…

The Dust Bowl In the 1930’s and the early 1940’s, the southwestern Great Plains region of the United States suffered a severe drought in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, and Kansas. Once a semi-arid grassland, the treeless plains became home to thousands of settlers when, in 1862, Congress passed the Homestead Act. Most of the settlers farmed their land or raised cattle. The farmers plowed the prairie grasses and planted dryland wheat. As the demand for wheat…

anxious. I only got a week left. On the following weekend, I directly went to Mt. TianMen with a few friends to look over the site in person. After arriving, we got in touch with the manager of this scenic spot. The manager showed us a flat piece of grassland that could be used to set tents and a wasted parking lot that could set bonfire. As we were excited about the available space, the manager turned around and told us that although they had accepted campers before, camping was not a formal…

An invasive species is a species not native from a particular ecosystem that is most likely to cause harm to that species. An invasive species can be plants, animals, or even pathogens. A very remarkable invasive species is the European Rabbit, otherwise its scientific name known as the Oryctolagus cuniculus. The European Rabbit is near threatened and native to southwestern Europe and Northwest Africa. In the 19th century Australia introduced multiple invasive species all at once purposely. Ever…

Throughout the 1930’s American and Canadian prairies faced an environmental crisis known as the both the Dust Bowl and as the Dirty Thirties. The Dust Bowl had severe ecological and agricultural effects that coined the symbolic picture of the Great Depression in the prairies. The three aims of this paper are to describe the Dust Bowl as an environmental problem, detail the long- and short-term economic costs, and provide a summary of the policy responses put in place. Description of the problem…

When Libby and Dean were children and Gracie was an infant, we lived in a cabin on the farm. Our current home had not been built yet and our farm was much smaller than it is today. With money always being tight, Susan and I would often hunt to put meat on the table. But, with two very young children, I would often go into the Eastern Wilderness and hunt alone. If people know where you are going and if they know when you are to come back, hunting alone is not necessarily a terrible idea. Hunting…

BLACK PANTHER, THE GHOST OF THE FOREST Chapter 1: Introduction The black panther is one of the most powerful and smartest animals in the world. It is an aggressive, fearless and strong animal. A black panther is not a member of a specific species but it is a name for some big cats with black coat or fur. It is actually called a black jaguar (Panthera onca) in Central and South America or a black leopard (Panthera pardus) in Asia and Africa. Chapter 2: Black Panther’s Appearance The size…

TITLE Horseback riding in Iceland LEAD PARAGRAPH Horseback riding is a great way to get in touch with the Icelandic landscape. The Icelandic horse is a unique breed to the country that has been kept pure for many years. No inter-breeding with another breed is allowed nor are any foreign horses allowed to enter the country. If an Icelandic horse has been taken out of the country for the purpose of competition and such, it is not allowed back into the country for fear of spreading diseases from…