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    less spiky is maturity. Thirdly, old age is when the base level is worn down that has eroded and the valleys bottom become more board. Additionally, to running water, streams happen to alter due to climate such as if the climate goes drier, the rivers will shrink in…

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    ¨They would come, they would look for him. The searchers would get government planes and cover both sides of the flight plan filed by the pilot and search until they found him.¨ ( Chapter 5 pg 47 )The book The Hatchet written by Gary Paulsen is about a teenage boy named Brian that survives in a plane crash but doesn't land in the luckiest spot. He lands in the water that's surrounded by a forest. Brian has to survive the wilderness but luckily he has his hatchet with him and he is very positive…

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    This is a book report on The Hatchet, written by Gary Paulson. This book is about Brian Robeson, and how he is trying to fly from New York to Canada. But lands in the Canadian woods, after his pilot suffers a heart attack. The only thing he has to survive with is his hatchet and his knowledge from survival shows. And the whole time his is thinking about the one thing that ripped his family apart, “The Secret”. Setting- Brian lands in the Canadian woods in 1987. He…

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    The Burnett River’s recreational activities are ruining the environment.* So much so, that the river can be completely ruined if action is not taken. The river descends 485 metres over its length, and the length is 435 kilometres. The river flows south past Eidsvold and Mundubbera before heading east, next to Gayndah and Wallaville before entering the city of Bundaberg. Boating, fishing, and even something as seemingly innocent as camping can deeply affect the environment if done incorrectly.…

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    “Artemis-Rose is it?” Miss Brandy calls out my name cheerfully. I analyse Miss Brandy thoughtfully. Long, curly brunette hair reaching beyond her shoulders, eyes the colour of caramel, long eyelashes protecting her eyelids, perfect teeth, plump peach coloured lips, a petite nose to go with her petite ears, a small beauty spot above her upper lip, freckles covering her nose. She is what people would call a natural beauty. I’d say she is around five foot four and a size eight... She is wearing a…

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    River Continuum Concepts

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    stream. However, this is a dangerous misconception that is not at all correct. The truth is that streams and rivers provide a huge diversity of food, prey, and shelter along their length. This diversity can be explained by the River Continuum Concept and stems from the many different and highly variable physical stream structures and parameters that evolve as a waterway increases in size. The River Continuum Concept is an ecological theory which posits that researchers must consider how the…

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    1. Effect of obstructing hydraulic structures on the fish fauna: Dams, barrages, weirs or navigation locks built on a river for various purposes act as obstruction to the migration of the fishes. Various effects of such hydraulic structures are as follows: a) Barrier to the movement of fish to their spawning grounds. Several fish species require special regions to spawn. These hydraulic structures obstruct the movement of such species to their upstream spawning grounds where they reproduce. As…

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    Riparian Zone Case Study

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    1. a) Roles of the riparian zone include filtering and buffering water through the various vegetation, acting as flood protection areas, trapping sediment and preventing erosion (though the roots of riparian plants) before they reach the water course, helping maintain local water table levels, shading by the riparian plants and keeping stream temperatures low during the summer for the fish, acting as a corridor for land mammals (e.g. bears, deer, squirrels), and overall maintaining biological…

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    Guard is urging mariners to use extreme caution while transiting the Merrimack River entrance due to significant shoaling inside of the north jetty. This area is outside of the feral navigation area and should not be considered as the safest crossing location. Several accidents have occurred in this area and mariners should be advised to take extreme caution when crossing at the tip of the north jetty. Merrimack River Bar - A system of notification to mariners has been in use by the USCG…

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    The rain that fell on Thursday was record busting. Over nine inches of rain fell in Boulder that day. That was almost double the previous record of 4.80 inches set back in 1919. All of that rain had nowhere to go but down the overtaxed creeks and rivers. Friday, September 13 - The rain began easing off in the morning and most of it was gone by mid-day. In Boulder, the rainfall for these five days amounted to 14.62 inches. The flooding the rain caused was massive. For example, Boulder Creek…

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