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The Mississippi River The Mississippi River is located in America and is the largest river in America. The Mississippi[y is over 3.7 kilometres in length. This river is the 4 longest river in the world and is the 10 fastest flowing river. At the mouth of the Mississippi the water round at about 1.2miles an hour. But when you get to the middle of the river the water flows at the average speed of the water is 3 miles an hour. The Mississippi river runs through these states of America Minnesota,…

located in Australia. The great ranges spand from the north eastern tip of Queensland down southwards to the edge of New South Wales eventually ending in the west most part of Victoria. In total the Ranges length rounds off to a distance of 3,500 kilometres, long enough to earn it the title of third longest land based range in the world. The width of the range varies slightly along its length from 160km to over 300km wide. Despite the slightly misleading title the ranges are not a single…

Hervey Bay Hervey Bay is a city in Queensland, Australia. It lays 300 kilometres north of Brisbane. It has 41,225 inhabitants (2006). 1770, James Cook reached this territory and called it Hervey's Bay. Matthew Flinders charted a big part of the coast in 1802. In 1863, the first Europeans settled on the coast and at a later time, the city Hervey Bay was built. In 1913, the city got connected to the railway. In the 1920's, the population exploded. The agriculture expanded because of the sugar,…

Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus, with a diameter of approximately 505 kilometres, is small enough to fit inside the borders of India. Despite it’s small size and large distance from the, the unique conditions on this moon make it one of the most promising sites for hosting life in the Milky Way. In consice term, we can make this conjecture because there are hydrothermal vents spread across Enclelads which spew water vapour and granulated ice prticles from an underground ocean. The…

The construction of the tomb was described by historian Sima Qian (145–90 BCE) in his most noted work Shiji, written a century after the mausoleum's completion. Work on the mausoleum began in 246 BCE soon after Emperor Qin (then aged 13) ascended the throne, and the project eventually involved 700,000 workers.[3] Geographer Li Daoyuan, writing six centuries after the First Emperor's death, recorded in Shui Jing Zhu that Mount Li was a favoured location due to its auspicious geology, "famed for…

be identified as Jasmine Richardson. For a time, authorities feared the girl had watched her family get slaughtered, only to be abducted by the intruder shortly after. The theory was quickly abandoned when Richardson was found alive and over 100 kilometres away from her home. The Fatal Attraction During early 2006, 12 year old…

and operated by Heathrow Airport Holding. London Heathrow is the main hub of British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. It has 2 parallel east-west runways along with four operational terminals numbered 2-5 and a cargo terminal and covers 12.27 square kilometres. Heathrow Airport is used by over 80…

In contrast to many other countries, Australia contains a massive amount of continuous costal lines stretched out all over the country. The vast coastline consists of approximately sixty thousand kilometres. In order to protect and maintain this coast line, costal management plans must be put into action. Costal management is the act of proposing and taking into action ideas in which help to maintain costal areas. Most of the Australian coast holds many financial benefits in regards to its…

History 10 CCT Table of Contents Billy Bishop - WW1…………………………………. 3, 4, 5 Battle of the Somme - WW1……………………….. 6, 7 Rocco Perri - 1920s…………………………………. 9, 10, 11 The Halibut Treaty - 1920s…………………………. 12, 13, 14 Cairine Wilson - 1930s……………………………… 15, 16, 17 On to Ottawa Trek - 1930s…………………………. 18, 19, 20 Rod Keller - WW2…………………………………... 21, 22, 23 Freeing of the Netherlands - WW2………………… 8 24, 25, 26 Billy Bishop Billy Bishop was a Canadian flying…

Exploring the Moon’s Extreme Environment The Moon is our closest cosmic neighbour, and humans have been exploring it’s surface since we first developed telescopes. Though it can be fun to explore, it is far away, very expensive to go there and it is a very hard place to survive at. Different countries have sent probes that intend to crash to the moon’s surface but capture some photos of the surface before the impact. This was the first way to get scientific information about the moon,…