Moon River

Environmental factors that occur in Los Angeles make the area extremely vulnerable to debris flows. Because the debris flows descend into highly populated areas, the city of Los Angeles has put forth numerous efforts to control debris flows and the impact they have on housing developments. The Los Angeles County Flood Control District (now titled Sedimentation Section of the Hydraulic Division of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works) is responsible for the safety of the eight…

Beavers are most well known for their distinctive home-building that can be seen in rivers and streams. The beavers dam is built from twigs, sticks, leaves and mud and are surprisingly strong. Here the beavers can catch their food and swim in the water. Beavers are nocturnal animals existing in the forests of Europe and North America (the Canadian beaver is the most common beaver). Beavers use their large, flat shaped tails, to help with dam building and it also allows the beavers to swim at…

Hatchet Brian Robeson is a young boy stranded in the wilderness after his plane crash. Brian’s mind and body is weak in the beginning of the novel compared to the end of the novel. Brian has learned how to be wise ,mature , and resourceful during the time he has spent independently in the wilderness. His mind and body must work together , in order to be mentally and physically prepared to survive until he is rescued. Throughout the novel Brian will get creative and responsible with his ideas on…

The Rio Grande is one of the top ten at risk major rivers in the world whose waters transverse two different countries: Mexico and the United States. As any such large body of water between two large civilizations, the Rio Grande serves both as a water supply, a method to dispose of waste, and a source of dispute between the two nations in regards to regulation. The area of the river around Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, a highly populated region, unfortunately it is plagued by…

resulting in the great flood of 1913 (Williams, 2013). Though the rain would begin to fall on Easter Sunday, March 23, (And would fall for three days straight) by Monday – even after the local newspaper the Piqua Leader Dispatch reported the “Great Miami River will reach flood stage by nightfall” - those living in the lowest lying areas of the city would ignore the warnings. Why? Area historian and author Scott Trostel stated “crowds had gathered along the North Main Street levee in Piqua…

Honor-winning young-adult wilderness survival novel written by American writer Gary Paulsen. It is the first novel of five in the Hatchet series. Originally published: September 30, 1987. Series: Brian's Saga. Genre: Young adult fiction. Followed by: The River. Characters: Jim/Jake, Brian's mother, Brian's father, Brian Robeson, Terry. We don't know exactly where the story of Hatchet takes place because Brian is very, very lost. Brian's plane comes down somewhere in the North Woods, a vast area…

such as the nutria (Cavendish). The main characteristic of a beaver’s habitat is its dam. A dam allows the beaver to control the direction of water flow in a river or stream. In the spring, beavers build their dams out of logs, branches, and mud, across various waterways (Cavendish). To construct the dam, they first make a ridge across the river and then add rocks…

Do you like to read books that have much to do with survival? I hope so because this is what my letter essay is about. In the book “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen a boy named Brian is about to fly in a one engine propeller plane to his father's house out in the woods of Canada. Brians Mother and dad had gotten divorced so Brian's dad moved away from New York to Canada. Brian now spends the school year at his Mother's house in New York, and he goes to his father's house in Canada during the summer. As…

July 16, 1969 and landed July 24, 1969. Apollo 11 was the first space flight to land humans on the moon. The aircraft carried three people, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. The objective of the mission was to land on the moon and then return to earth. This spaceflight was seeking exploration and that is exactly what America did. There were many complications involved to landing on the moon, but that did not stop the desire to explore. Although many artifacts can be found from…

was created is much different from the young – Earth view and how it states that everything was created. The young – earth view is very clear in the fact that it was uniquely formed in the image of our creator. Everything which includes: the sun, moon, stars, animals, oceans and humans, were made by God in a period of six days. The scripture makes this perfectly clear. When it comes to the nebular hypothesis (the old – earth view), it is believed that everything appeared out of a cloud of…