South America

The Amazon Rainforest is located in 9 different countries, but more than half of it (around 60%) is located in Brazil. The rest of the 40% can be found in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. Image: Map of the Amazon Rainforest. Unique characteristics: The Amazon is the world's biggest rainforest, larger than the next two largest rainforests, in the Congo Basin and Indonesia, combined. The Amazon River is by far, the world's largest river by…

Guyana Guyana is a small, wonderful and beautiful country, There is a lot of great places to visit. “Guyana has valuable mineral resources, dense forests, and wild mountain country” ("World Book Student | Guyana."). Guyana has a wonderful climate, geography, economy, government, and culture. Guyana is a small country with many land and water features. Guyana is divided into three main regions; the coastal plain, inland forest and highland. The coastal plain is a strip of land along the…

NORTH STATES - SUPERYARD RANGE The Super Yard is an excellent solution for creating a safe play area for younger children. Apart from being very easy to set up, it is a foldable rigid-plastic fencing system that is used to create what can be referred to as a play pen. It is specifically designed to be reconfigurable for a particular area, so that the enclosure can be made to fit odd spaces. Super Yard Colorplay is designed for both indoor and outdoor use and the optional extensions can be used…

Chapter 7: Old World Monkeys: The Leaf Eating Colobines Primate evolution of old world monkeys was carried out through adaptive replacement of successful species according to the fossil record. The old world monkeys are located in some parts of Africa and Asia, however their ancestors once inhabited Europe and Africa. Their distinguishable features from new world monkeys are their “downward-turned noses, flattened nails rather than claw-like, flexible thumbs, and a variety of bodily decorations…

For example, you can feel the American influence through the local cheesecake, or the Argentinian and Colombian influence when you have what they call “empanadas” or the Peruvian influence through what became one of the most famous meals of Central America, the “ceviche”. It’s almost impossible to be disappointed when you go to the restaurant or even when you buy something in an old, poor and little take away. Moreover, you can eat like an ogre for only 3 dollars. With this essay, I will try to…

Africa may seem like a simple noncomplex continent to a person looking at it from the outside, with no knowledge of what actually takes place within the countries. It would actually fascinate an observer if they learned of all that actually takes place in the small towns, cities and villages. Africa is a very divide and spread out continent and it goes deeper than the multiple cities and towns it goes back to the villages and tribes that founded the cities and towns that are now thriving.…

Chile a fascinating and diverse country, located on the western seashore of Latin America; allured by the rich culture of its people in addition to the astonishing landscape and different climates Chile is visited by millions of tourist from around the world. One can find almost all types of landscapes in Chile, from the Alpes, a chain of mountains to the east cover in snow, to the sandy beaches on the longest coastline in the world. Chile is home to many natural and manmade wonders that are…

Africa, because it is so large, has many different climates & physical features Home to over 800 ethnic groups with many, many languages. Population density ,natural resources , and climate limits the ability of some regions to develop adequate resources while others are rich. Extremely dry region are separated Africans in the north from sub-Saharan Africans. Grassland Are good for growing crops and raising livestock. Hot and humid rain are difficult for people to live there.…

Basic Information: The Stenotomus chrysops, commonly known as Scup, are a heavily fished saltwater species. Despite their lean and flakey bone-filled flesh, the scup has been a part of the North American east coast diet since colonial times. In fact, the population of the scup was fished to the edge in the 1990s- but fully recovered its numbers 30-fold by 2009 thanks to seasonal restrictions. Like all other life forms on the planet, the scup is more than a fresh catch at the local fish market.…

Latin American countries have experienced many interstate disputes since their fight for independence from Spain and Portugal. Since 1990, however, only one — the conflict between Peru and Ecuador — escalated into a full-blown war (Dominguez, 2003: 5). These two countries had a long-running conflict, with many events leading up to this final war, after which a successful arbitration occurred. In this paper, I will look at two explanations of war in the field of international relations — the…