GERRY AND IRMA GRUNDMANN foot note 42 The Battle of the Ruhr Valley was a 5 month long campaign of strategic bombing by the Allies from March 1943 to July 1943 targeting coke plants‚ steelworks‚ and 10 synthetic oil plants. The targets included Essen‚ Dusseldorf and Cologne. The rate of bombers destroyed in these raids varied from 3‚ 4‚ and 5 percent and twice they lost 8 percent. On May 17‚ the bouncing bombs breached the Mohne and Elder Dams‚ featured in the 1954
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Bangladesh River Pollution Buriganga It was once the lifeline of the Bangladeshi capital. But the once mighty Buriganga river‚ which flows by Dhaka‚ is now one of the most polluted rivers in Bangladesh because of rampant dumping of industrial and human waste. “Much of the Buriganga is now gone‚ having fallen to ever insatiable land grabbers and industries dumping untreated effluents into the river‚” “The water of the Buriganga is now so polluted that all fish have died‚ and increasing filth and human
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wetlands in the community of Black River Conclusion Appendix Reference AIM What is the importance of Biodiversity? INTRODUCTION Black River is the capital of St. Elizabeth and also the name of the river located in that region. In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made the light bulb and it came to Jamaica 24 years later. Black River became popular in the 1900’s because it was the first town to receive electric light‚ telephone and a motorcar. The Black River was given its name because of the
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In the novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ written by Mark Twain‚ the Mississippi River is the book’s most significant symbol. For many years the Mississippi has provided a means of transportation and a source of freedom. In the novel‚ Huck was abused by his father‚ Pap‚ that was a drunk. He never knew his mother. So‚ Huck was adopted by the widow Douglas. Early in the book‚ Huck is surprised by his father‚ Pap‚ that shows up at his house‚ in his bedroom. Pap thinks that Huck acts like
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“drainage” describes the river system of an area. • The area drained by a single river system is called a “drainage basin” or river basin. • Any higher ground‚ such as mountain or upland separates two adjoining drainage basins. Such upland is known as a water divide or a watershed. • Depending upon the relief‚ geological structure and climatic conditions of the area‚ the streams form different patterns. Drainage Pattern: • Drainage of an area is concerned with the study of main rivers and their tributaries
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Hindi: गंगा‚ Bengali: গঙ্গা)‚ is a trans-boundary river of India and Bangladesh. The 2‚525 km (1‚569 mi) river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand‚[4] and flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain of North India into Bangladesh‚ where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. It is the longest river of India and is the second greatest river in the world by water discharge.[5] The Ganges basin is the most heavily populated river basin in the world‚ with over 400 million people
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20/03/2012 East African Rift The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by British explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic trench‚ approximately 6‚000 kilometres (3‚700 mi) in length‚ that runs from northern Syria in Southwest Asia to central Mozambique in South East Africa. The name continues in some usages‚ although it is today considered geologically imprecise as it combines features that are today regarded as separate‚ although related‚ rift and fault systems
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Importance of the Colorado River. The Colorado River is one of the greatest water sources of America‚ providing water for seven states and Mexico. Water is the most important resource we need for survival‚ and I feel like most people do not appreciate this resource. We do not realize that water is an essential part of life; we keep wasting water like if there is no tomorrow and I think this will lead us to misery someday soon. If this situation doesn’t change‚ in the future‚ wars will be fought
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The Kootenai River‚ the second largest tributary of the Columbia River by volume; it drains an 18‚000 square mile watershed that spreads across Montana‚ Idaho‚ and British Columbia. Originating in British Columbia’s Kootenay National Park in Canada; from there it flows 485 miles into northwest Montana and through Libby and Troy. It then flows into northern Idaho‚ then back into Canada and Kootenay Lake. Ultimately it joins with the Columbia River. Endangered species like the bull trout and the Kootenai
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Children of the river essay Sundara’s life may be seen as a river or a road. At some points in the book children of the river it seems as if Sundara’s life is forced along like a river. But at other times it seems like she can chose where to turn like a road. Her aunt and uncle pick who she marries and who she talks to. But Sundara also goes against what they say often. Sundara’s life is like a river because she doesn’t have very much choice over her life. She has to marry a Cambodian man picked
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