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water is a sign of erosion.Usually water erosion happens during rainfalls, snow melts. Runoffs as well because it helps carry away small materials like soil and rocks. There are also more types of erosion like gully erosion and sheet erosion. Sheet erosion is the removal of of soil in thin layers by raindrops and overland flow. Gully erosion is the removal of soil along the drainage lines by surface water runoff. This picture shows Gully Erosion https://goo.gl/images/1jaa5Q This picture…

The beach has three major parts: beach face, berm and back beach. The area above the water, including the intertidal zone, is known as the beach berm. Beach berm can include vegetation, such as trees, shrubs, or grasses. The most familiar characteristic of a beach berm is its type of sand or rock (Marinebio.net, 2014). Along the backshore, accumulations of wind-blown sand may form sand dunes, and when these are sufficiently stable they become consolidated by a characteristic dune vegetation, for…

Any kind of leak that you find in your home is serious, but a slab leak in your Collin County, TX home can be particularly devastating, as most homeowners do not discover the leak until it has become truly catastrophic. A slab leak in your Collin County, TX home is often the result of damaged pipes beneath your foundation, which is the primary reason why these types of leaks are so hard to detect. Things to look for include unusually high water bills, water spots and damp areas showing up on…

Many people don’t know what a Watershed is. Some people may know and others may be completely clueless. Well, since you are wondering now, a Watershed is an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas. With that knowledge, our Environmental Scientist have discovered pollution inside the Watershed, caused by human interactions, located around the Mobile River in Southern Alabama. The pollution found in the river is affecting the wildlife that are in…

not realize, is that there is a system in place called the Electoral College. I am a firm believer in educated voting, and knowing how the system works plays hand in hand with being educated on the candidate that you are voting for. In my generation, it seems that most people get out to vote just to vote, without really doing their research, and I do not believe that this is what voting is all about. Understanding the government…

from winning Florida. These issues with third parties and the electoral college then create a spiral where these parties cannot win because the votes needed are too high, and when a third party candidate has potential, people are discouraged from voting for the candidate because it may allow an unfavorable candidate to win. The Proportional Electoral System solves the first issue of difficulty for third parties. Now that the number of votes needed to gain an electoral vote have gone down to a…

Water pollution is when our water steams, and rivers get polluted by harmful things. Water pollution in Georgia today is a very disastrous issue. The problem with water pollution is contamination from chemical spills, burst pipelines and toxic waste. Water pollution is a major issue to be dealt with. There are many ways water pollution can be avoided. In addition to finding a solution to this problem, The Clean Water Act was made and passed. Even though Water pollution very harmful, People have…

A pressing issue in Pakistan is the country’s vulnerability to climate change. In 2011 the Global Climate Change Vulnerability Index ranked Pakistan as the 16th most vulnerable country after enduring many severe floods, droughts and storms. In a country that relies heavily on the agriculture sector, taking up 45% of employment, the effect of climate change on farming is a serious matter that creates a possible threat to everyday lifestyle. While this issue has created discussion within the…

Within the community of Swansea, I believe that a problematic issue in the environment is the amount of pollution present throughout Swansea Channel, and more specifically, under Swansea Bridge. To further understand the extent of this predicament and identify the main problems and potential solutions, I decided to interview various locals, figure out the most common types of pollution present, investigate how the pollution is affecting the environment, interview a dive expert and get some facts…

8.5.3 INTERPRETATION Comment on the properties of the soil GENERAL REMARKS: This test is useful when the soil is soft and its water content is near liquid limit. The following precautions are necessary when using field vane shear tests: 1. The vane must be rotated soon (within 5 minutes) after insertion into the depth to be tested as delays of one (1) hour to one day may lead to overestimation of strength by 10% to 20% respectively. 2. Standard rate of rotation is 6 degrees per minute. 3.…