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tropical deserts are located between 18 and 28 degrees, the areas centered on the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer. Since the winds blow north above the equator and south below, the tropical areas seldom experience rain-producing air masses. Latitude/Longitude: 27.7° N; 8.1° W Buffelgrass are very easy to spot because of its physical characteristics. It is a very tall grass that chokes out native grasses. During the summer months when buffelgrass is very dry, it burns very quickly. The fact…

Argumentative paper about the explorers about the 1700 vs religion. indeed the supporters of captain James cook believe that James cook is one of history's smartest British naval officers. in this lecture James cook encyclopaedia Britannica argues that “in 1768 the royal society in, conjunction with the admiralty. was organizing the first scientific expedition to the Pacific, and the rather obscure 40-year-old James cook was appointed commander of the expedition. hurriedly commissioned as a…

AN OVERVIEW OF THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE GOLDCOST: (1482 – 1957) 2.0: Introduction: This chapter presents the political and economic history of the Gold Coast. It assesses the historical and nativity of its inhabitants and also the background to the arrival of the first missionary to the Gold Coast. The section on pre-colonial Gold Coast explains who the people of Gold Coast were; their land and indigenous economic activities before the arrival of the Europeans. Whiles the…

satellite navigation system does not have. In the early centuries people have being using maps to travel in different places. A portolan chart are navigational maps that is based on compass directions, and it does not rely on lines of latitude and longitude. People had use different ways to map out different places…

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…

A tsunami is a seismic sea wave. Displacement of water forms a sequence of waves and this generally happens in an ocean or a large lake.Tsunamis are different because normal waves are caused by wind or tides, which is actually generated by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun. According to Source 1, the first recorded tsunami was back in 7000-6000 BCE and this was in Portugal but the primary cause is unknown. Since then there have been many tsunamis that have caused damage, two of the…

Limited Government- a government outline where any more than minimal governmental intervention in personal liberties and the economy is not allowed by law, usually in a written Constitution. Parliamentary Democracy- democratic form of government in which the party (or a coalition of parties) with the greatest representation in the parliament(legislature) forms the government, its leader becoming prime minister or chancellor. Presidential Democracy- a system of government where a head of…

in Western North America. Other areas or famous landmarks surrounding Mount St. Helens are the South Fork Toutle River, North Fork Toutle River, Castel lake, Coldwater lake, St. Helens Lake, Spirit Lake, Pumice Plain, and Upper Muddy River. The longitude of Mount St. Helens is -122.19225 and latitude is 46.19761, and it also has an astounding elevation of 8,366 feet. Mount St. Helens had been dormant for 123 years but then on March twentieth of 1980 a series of small earthquakes were…

Albany When we drove down to Albany it was about a 4.5 hour car ride south of Perth. The Longitude and Latitude of Albany is 35.0228° S, 117.8814° E. It is located on the tip of South West Australia. The car ride down had a lot of traffic on the Albany Highway which links Perth to Albany. But eventually when we passed the city there wasn’t as much. Along the ride I enjoyed the scenery of the farms with lovely animals such as horses and cows. Albany established itself as an important European…

There is a famous quote on smoking that goes “Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you have lost a very important part of your life.” This quote is humorous yet dark in context. In 2010 our state of South Dakota past a referendum smoking ban (also known as Referendum 12) to support the health of the citizens of our state. According to BallotPedia “The referred law broadens the State’s ban on smoking to apply to all restaurants, bars, package liquor stores, Deadwood casinos and video lottery…