Mountain range

It is one of the highest volcanoes in Mexico as well as one of the most active. The fact that the is a large population living around this volcano makes it even more dangerous. The name “Popocatepetl” was given by the Aztecs, it means “smoking mountain”. They gave it this name because during their empire the Aztecs were able to witness options. The Popocatepetl has a neighboo volcano, the Iztaccihuatl. Ancient people had a lot of respect for this volcanos. Specially the Aztecs since those…

Colombia. It is about 352,144 square miles. The main water sources include the Atlantic ocean and the Caribbean sea. Half of Venezuela is covered by beaches and forest. The other half includes plains, grasslands, deserts, and mountains. Some of those include Andes mountains, maracaibo lowlands, Guiana highlands, and the central plains known as Llanos. As a result, Venezuela has a very peculiar geography.…

2013 during Super Bowl XLVII Pepsi. Aired Mountain Dew commercial during the Super Bowl since the year 2000. Nudd. “Mountain Dew Will Push Its Kickstart Drinks With First Super Bowl Ad Since 2000.” The product that Pepsi presented was Mountain Dew Kick Start. The commercial takes places in a living room with a group of three friends playing a video game. On the video game you can see one of the friends over using the kick button as a reference to the Mountain Dew Kick Start. The friends look…

must explain what a glacier is. A glacier is an immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of continual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over a large surface area, as in Greenland. They are formed over many years when snow is incessantly compressed into an ice sheet and eventually thickened. They range in size from being as small as a soccer field to massive ice sheets that are the same size as some continents. They store around 75% of the…

Have you ever wanted to go to Oregon? There are many sights and experiences to see, feel, and try, along with a rich history. It’s the year 1803. President Thomas Jefferson bought a huge swatch of land for the US, including what is now Oregon. He sent explorers to map the territory. Later, in 1840, settlers traveled up the Oregon Trail. On February 14, 1854, Oregon became the 33rd official state. Oregon may have gotten its name from the French word “Ouragan”, which means hurricane and was a…

is extending -- tearing itself apart fast enough to push the Sierra Nevada mountains toward the Pacific Ocean about a half inch every year. In contrast, in the coastal ranges of California, where the gravitational potential energy is low, horizontal forces are compressing the crust. It struck Jones that a sudden drop in gravitational potential energy might have given the crust enough of a jolt to create the Laramide ranges. His scenario goes like this: 141 million years ago, during the…

Just south of Europe is Italy, best known as the boot on the map. Italy might also be known as one of the biggest peninsulas.This gives them a nice mixture of mountains and elegant lands. Not only are there famous geographic sights but there are also many cities filled with things for a tourist to see. Saying that is great is understatement because there are also festivals for their culture and religion. The influential part that Italy had gotten from Etruscans and Greeks made their art and…

Mount Everest is located in the Himalayas mountain range on the border of Nepal and Tibet. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world at 8,848 m (29029 ft.) The height of it was first published in 1856, when it was known as Peak XV. There are dangers that await that include high winds, bad weather, and altitude sickness for people who climb the mountain. There is an average of 5,000 people who try to climb it. Lack of oxygen is a serious problem while climbing it. If you climb an…

Kenya - Rough Draft Have you ever wondered how Kenya came to be? Well, before Kenya was even its original name it was called “Kamba land” and was only renamed because of a German wanderer asking what a mountain was called. Then Britain soon took control of this land, making it their protectorate. After Britain a man named Jomo Kenyatta became the very first president of Kenya and is well known for helping Kenya gain freedom from Britain. Before Britain, Kenya was a peaceful part of the world…

Most of the people have heard alp word, but most of them have not idea about the meaning of it especially if they are not from Europe, nor English speaker. Alp means elevated or high mountain. Alps are one of the highest point people have reached in this world. "The Alps form part of France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and Albania"( Aubrey, Diem). It is stretching approximately "750 miles long and more than 125 miles wide…