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    Mt. Fuji Research Paper

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    this is very unusual for a mountian, especially a Volcano. There is 5 Lakes that surround the mountain. The first lake is called: Lake Motosuko, Lake Kawaguchiko, Lake Shojiko, Lake Yamanakako, Lake Saliko. The Japanese proverb says, ¨He who climbs Mount Fuji once is a wise man, he who climbs it twice is a fool.¨ The definition of a stratovolcano is a large cone-shaped volcano. Mt. Fuji is made primarily of Basalt, which is somewhat unusualy from stratovolcanos. For almost 300 years the volcano…

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    “CRASH!”, “BANG!” went Pompeii and everyone living in it. August 24th, 79 C.E. Pompeiiś volcano erupted and sent million lives, to death. Pompeii was a Roman city were tons of people lived and called home, But then, a volcano near the Bay of Naples in Italy erupted, leaving the beautiful city buried under a thick blanket of volcanic ash. In the story “the dog of Pompeii” by Louis Untermeyer, it tells you about a blind boy, bimbo, and his dog, tito, and how it explains that tito was bimbo's…

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    Pompeii Research Paper

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    One of the most infamous natural disasters that has ever taken place would have to be the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction and devastation it caused those who lived in Pompeii and other neighboring towns. Before this fateful day Pompeii was a prosperous city that rested on the southeastern base of Mt. Vesuvius. In 90 BCE, Pompeii and its Italian allies rebelled against Rome in what is called the Italic War. Pompeii eventually became Romanized adopting many of the characteristics…

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    I would say climbing Mount Everest is a bad idea say that because climbers have a high chance catching a deadly disease and death.This disease is called AMS(Acute Mountain Sickness).It is caused by reduced air pressure and lower oxygen levels at high altitudes.Most likely to happen if you climb too fast to a high altitude you would get it but to be able to climb mount everest you have to have the right gear and enough oxygen tanks. “180+ have climbed and quickly died”.(p.420)So you…

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    data. According to that data, the article states that a region of Nepal 75 miles (120 kilometers) long by 30 miles (50 km) wide was lifted upward by as much as 3 feet during the earthquake. It had been stated that images from the radar revealed that Mount Everest, as well as some of the world's tallest points, had dropped by about 1 inch (2.5 cm). Knowing this information is helping with the relief effort going on currently because it lets us know where there were the most landslides and with…

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    On August 26, 1883, a catastrophic natural disaster happened that affected the lives of people near and far. The volcano, Krakatoa, erupted leaving a great deal of devastation in its wake. Krakatoa is a volcanic island located in the Sunda Strait along the Indonesian Island Arc. The island along with two others were remains of an earlier eruption from two hundred years before. Krakatoa Island had three large hill-like or mountain shaped volcanic cones named Rakata, Danan, and Perboewatan. Before…

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    Pompeii Research Paper

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    1944 during WW2. Mount Vesuvius erupted right after noon on August 24th. Pompeii is visited by roughly 2.4 million people a year. Pompeii is the world’s largest excavation site. Mount Vesuvius has erupted over 50 times ever. Pompeii was preserved for almost 2,000 years when it was dug up. About 13% of people who were in Pompeii at the time, died. Before the eruption of 79 AD, the word for volcano didn’t exist. Mount Vesuvius has two craters made from early eruptions. Mount Vesuvius is the…

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    Pompeii Research Paper

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    Ancient times before Christ, Pompeii was a flourishing city. In AD 79, Mt. Vesuvius erupted trapping thousands in the city under ash and lava; preserving the city for approximately 1700 years. Pompeii was one of the largest cities that was buried by Mount Vesuvius. Since then, excavations have begun and the city of Pompeii began to deteriorate. Currently, the big debate is on whether to discover Pompeii or preserve it. Several things come into play, involving financial issues, the historical…

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    In Asia, there is a place called the Himalayas. In the himalayas, you can find the highest mountain in the world. It is called Mount Everest. It height is 29 035 feet, 8848 meters high. Everest is located in the border of Nepal to the south and China or Tibet on the north. It was formed 60 million years ago by the movement of the Indian tectonic plate pushing up and against the Asian plate. Its height increases 0.25 inches every year. The wind can blow over 200 miles per hour and the temperature…

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    Mount Vesuvius – Italy Hypothesis: The impact of active volcanoes overlooking settlements pose as huge threats. With eruptions of volcanoes comes mud, ash and rocks leading to settlements being buried under the debris. Volcanoes also lead to lava flows and ash-and-gas explosions which damage and destroy many settlements/towns around the volcano. In worst case scenarios, eruptions of volcanoes lead to death of people and wildlife. Therefore we can deduct that a volcano is a geographical problem…

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