Upper Iowa River

South America is located under Mexico. There is a total of twelve countries located in South America. The population of South America is 427,328,290. South America is also the fourth largest continent in the world. The land area of South America is about 6,878,570 square miles or 12% of the world’s land area. The most frequently languages are Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and French. Over 30% of South America is covered with rainforests. Peru is located in South America. Peru is…

using as main source of water the Colorado River. The project began in the year of 1903 and with the a series of geographic, environmental and logistical challenges that the workers had to overcome to complete this project which would become the main driver of development in the city. The geography of Arizona was a very important factor during the irrigation because there were many problems with it. As the first example we have the Gila River that thanks to was not feasible to make a…

Weighing up to 6000 kg 6.6 tons and measuring up to 3.3 m 10 ft. at the shoulder the African elephant is the world’s largest land mammal. It is characterized by its highly dexterous trunk, long curved tusks, and massive ears combination of the upper lip and nose, an African elephant’s trunk is extremely strong.Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They have characteristic long noses, or trunks large, floppy ears and wide, thick legs.There…

States. I experienced the contemporary 24-hour art museum and hotel combination these two artist envisioned one night with a group entertaining and spontaneous friends. Our night started out with hand-dipped ice cream on the river walk, on the Indiana side of the Ohio River and ended up across the bridge among the tall buildings, street lights, and sketchy alley ways. While we were walking to the entrance, all bundled up, I was skeptical. I am from the Indianapolis area, so the downtown city…

Fairy cupboards, a finishing school for girls and a ‘beck of beer,’ can all be found during this scenic walk. There are a couple of short climbs but nothing too strenuous. Cotherstone is an elegant village situated near the confluence of the rivers Balder and Tees. It is a long straggling settle­ment with a small green at each end, giving the impression that it may have started out as two independent communities. Standing near the centre of the village is St Cuthbert’s Church which was built in…

Mark Twains real name was "Sameul Langhorne Clemes" and he was born on November 30, 1835 and died April 21, 1910 at the age 75,Mark was born and grew up in Hannibal Missouri. He worked for his older brother Orion Clemens in a newspaper company. Where he typed newspaper articles,then he moved to Neveda to be with his brother. When he moved he tried to mine that was very unsuccessful, but the he went to Virginia city and worked as a journalist for the company Territorial Enterprise. In 1865 and…

Huckleberry Finn was written during the pre civil war era right in the middle of that unsettling time period where slavery was approaching its glorious end; yet racism was still rampant and a touchy subject. Mark Twain wrote this book to be interpreted as raw and unedited so the reader could obtain a proper understanding as to what it was like to be black and to have been brought up in a community where seeing a white man causing permanent physical and emotional damage to a black person,…

kettle lakes, drumlins, eskers, and many more. Glaciers can be destructive, while moving glaciers can take along many things with them including: trees, rocks, and many more. The Wisconsin Glaciation stretched as far down to Des Moines, Iowa. To get to Iowa you have to pass through Minnesota. The last advance of the Wisconsin Glaciation to reach Minnesota began around 75,000 years ago. The Glacier was advancing until the Glacier retreated and left Minnesota about 21,000 to 25,000 years…

Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain, a major theme is presented significantly throughout the entire story and that are “freedom”. Huck and Jim go on an adventure mostly down a river on a raft; the raft is symbolic, which represents freedom. To which it contributes to the overall theme. Huck and Jim went on an adventure down the Mississippi river to reach Cairo, Illinois because they wanted their freedom, they wanted to escape all their troubles, Huck from his father, and Jim from slavery. Huck…

First meeting in 1805, the Americans promised to Walla Walla chief Yellepit they would visit with the people after seeing the Pacific Ocean. The party returned in April 1806 and stayed at Yellepit's village, located on the Columbia River near the mouth of the Walla Walla River.[2] During a transaction Yellepit presented Clark with a white horse in return for a copper kettle. The Americans had none in supply however, so Clark gave Yellepit his own sword, along with a quantity of gunpowder and…