The Overland

permeability of the surface. A rainfall event in forested environment will cause the water to intercept the soil resulting in either water storage or baseflow. The baseflow gives the long and gentle receding limb, while the water coming from the canopies or overland flow gives a lag time and a low peak. The impermeable surfaces in an urban environment results in a quick flow, because of the low infiltration characteristics. As a result of this it is common that a urban hydrograph has a higher…

California gold rush, On January 24, 1848 James W. Marshall discovered gold in the America River at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. The first people to rush to the gold fields were those already living in California but the word spread and got out overland and via the port city, which allowed for US expansion through a growth in population making our economy strive with the constant rise in merchandise purchases. The port town of San Francisco went from a population of 1,000 in 1848 to…

Jim Bridger, the Mountain Man Jim Bridger was known as “old Jim Bridger, “ the “grand old man of the Rockies.’’ He was the greatest scout, guide, trapper, frontiersman, and plainsman of his time (Hebard 1). He was described as a friendly man, kind, truthful, gentle, and respected by most. Jim also had a great sense of humor and liked to tell tall tales. Jim Bridger affected western history significantly for a variety of reasons. Jim Bridger was born in Richmond, Virginia, on March 17, 1804…

Hurricanes Hurricanes form when warm ocean water evaporates into energy. When the water vapor condenses it sends out energy. The energy builds up and drives the wind of the hurricane Once the hurricane is overland the energy reduces. Hurricane winds are not as strong as tornado wind. Hurricanes can last days. Hurricanes are hundreds of kilos wide. Hurricanes can cause big waves that can cause flooding. Tornadoes Many layers, of the tornado go in many different directions and speeds. Between…

One of the seven wonders of the modern world, the Panama Canal is a man-made waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key point for international trade. The earliest idea of a canal going across the Isthmus of Panama goes back to 1534 when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, ordered a route through the Americas that would make it easier for ships traveling between Spain and Peru. The route…

Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese navigator who discovered the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 this showed Europeans there was a good route to India around the place with many storms around the southern tip of Africa. He also discovered the European the south-east trade wind to the west and south of South Africa, then establishing the wind system for those who chose to sail after him. He was born in 1450 in Algarve Kingdom of Portugal he died 29 May 1500 at the age of 50 years he was part of the…

phosphorus sources within Lake Rotorua come from agriculture and cropping (Rotorua Lakes Programme, n.d.). Practices taking place such as farming, dairy, horticulture and forestry, all contribute to the nitrogen and phosphorus entering the lake through overland flow and groundwater flow. This becomes an issue for not just current generations, but also future generations, as these nutrients take approximately 150 years to reach the lake through groundwater flow (Environment Bay of Plenty et al.,…

The incubation time of the bacteria often would mean trade ships would have come and gone before the first symptoms would appear. Ships and overland traders would flood goods into cities, those goods would then flow into the countryside spreading the plague further and further. The hardest hit was the great cities of Europe, where overwhelming population density and the massive flow of goods…

As discussed in class, the Modern world is a world that has been created upon the development of the new world established by Christopher Columbus in 1492. As in history, Christopher Columbus has been known as a guide, colonizer, and a voyager whose voyages through Atlantic sea incited all European commonality with those American mainlands in the Western portion of the globe. Columbus' revelations changed our exploratory understanding and later introduced of the "new world".Throughout as much…

rainfalls, snow melts. Runoffs as well because it helps carry away small materials like soil and rocks. There are also more types of erosion like gully erosion and sheet erosion. Sheet erosion is the removal of of soil in thin layers by raindrops and overland flow. Gully erosion is the removal of soil along the drainage lines by surface water runoff. This picture shows Gully Erosion https://goo.gl/images/1jaa5Q This picture…