Red River Colony

the biggest supporter of the manifest destiny. They were in the northeastern states. Westward expansion Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from the French for $15 million in 1803. The Louisiana Territory extends to the Mississippi River to…

The Atchafalaya River is the United States largest continuous river swamp at about one hundred and seventy miles long and is located in south central Louisiana. The Atchafalaya Basin was formed when the Mississippi River gradually began to change its course. It flows south in a channel that used to be a part of the Mississippi River and it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The Atchafalaya is very important to agriculture and…

In Mark Twain’s era, people generally agreed that both a good-for-nothing kid and a slave were worthless. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is from the perspective of a good-for-nothing kid, Huck, that attempts help a runaway slave named Jim escape to the North. These two worthless characters went against the stereotypes the South had given them. Huck was able to prove these stereotypes wrong and force people to listen to him, all while having an adventure. By shifting the point…

Some of those things being difficult. For instance with the creation of the dam steamboats became very unpractical. Before dams were put into use,“the steamboats ruled the river and supplied much of the early building blocks of the territory.” Though creation of dams lead to water levels dropping which would create unsafe boat movement and almost if not impossible movement for upriver travel. The creation of the Laguna Dam…

tanks are placed underground, and have been leaking for years now. Jeff Lyon believes that over one million gallons of waste has leaked into the environment. What has leaked is now going into the underground water banks heading towards the Columbia river ( Lynon). Juli Kearns has also been doing research about the low radiation levels the tanks have been giving off. There has been an effect on the livestock, dairy, and food even though it's a very low radiation it's still horrific (Kearns).…

other societal characteristics at the time to affect the reader in reflecting a fictional story with reality. The protagonist within the book, Huckleberry Finn, goes on a journey on a raft along the Mississippi River alongside Jim, a runaway slave. The towns along on the Mississippi River that Huck had visited made his noncompliance with society begin to grow as he began to constantly revert back to social isolation with Jim upon the raft due to the…

On the way to Colorado the family had stopped in North Platte, Nebraska at Cody Go-Karts. However, it had looked like a replica of an old, wooden, log fort. Outside of the fort-like track the sound was inaudible, but once inside it, it was a dome full of sound. The sound of the Go-kart tires screeched as they went around the turns. Some going really fast making the family wonder if they were alright or if they had gotten whiplash. It smelt like a jungle of excitement, fun, freedom, and burnt…

society of Samurai. sediment load (486)- Sediment load is a term used to describe the amount of sand, mud, and clay present within a river. This relates to the chapter because China’s Huang He River has a notoriously high sediment load, earning it the title of world’s muddiest river. This high sediment load is caused by a large amount of erosion in the land the river cuts through. social and regional differentiation (530)- Social and regional differentiation refers to a process in which the…

The Klamath River Basin has been fraught environmental resource management issues that have been both highly politicized and publicized in the American West. The problems of water allocation in this region have been the result of conflicting interests between fishermen, tribes, wildlife, and farmers, which rely on scarce water resources for their livelihoods. Doremus and Tarlock(2008) refer to the Klamath Basin as a “problemshed” because its social and ecological problems pervade all of its…

Tropic of Capricorn run through the country of Brazil making Brazil in the northern, southern, and western hemispheres. Brazil has a humid tropical and subtropical climate. The country is very hot and dry considering it’s on the equator. The Amazon River flows right through Brazil and happens to be the most biological diverse place in the world. The Brazilian Highlands covers mostly the eastern and southern Brazil. Brazil also has a lot of wetlands. The southern Atlantic Ocean covers the east…