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    How To Protect Endangered Species? Indus River Dolphin Common names: Indus river dolphin‚ bhulan‚ blind river dolphin‚ Indus dolphin‚ side swimming dolphin‚ Plataniste de l’Indus (Fr)‚ Delfín del Indo (Sp) Scientific name: Plantanista minor What are Indus river dolphins? The Indus River dolphin (Platanista minor) is one of the world’s rarest mammals and the second most endangered freshwater river dolphin. The species is characterized by a long beak‚ rounded belly‚ stocky body‚ very small dorsal

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    APWH Summer Essay/River Valley Civilization My duties for this question are to compare and contrast Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations. While it is true that both civilizations originated approximately around the same time they do hold many differences which will be outline in the paragraphs below to the best of my ability. However vast‚ the difference may be‚ both civilizations also hold some similarities that will also be outline in the following paragraphs.The Mesopotamian

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    processes were plate tectonics‚ glaciation‚ and weathering & erosion. One example of plate tectonics in CT is the Connecticut River Valley. The Connecticut River Valley was also formed by glaciation but first came the plate tectonics. When the plates divided it created a rift valley‚ (When the land on two sides rises but the middle land lowers or stays the same.) rift valleys can be formed by earthquakes and some other natural forces as well. This is only one example of plate tectonics. Another example

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    Indus valley Civilization – Bronze Age Ancient civilizations are the basis of the world as we know it today‚ built on the ruins of 10‚000 years of advanced cultures such as the Greek‚ Roman‚ Mesopotamia‚ Mayan‚ IndusEgyptian‚ and others that we know primarily through archaeology and some written records. The Indus Valley Civilization‚ which spread and flourished in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE‚ was the first major civilization in India. A sophisticated

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    Bryant Avenue and the North Canadian River and covers approximately 3.5 acres. One residence is located adjacent to the west side of the site. Residential subdivisions are located approximately one block to the north and approximately one block to the west of the site. Aerial photos show that in 1951 a meander loop of the North Canadian River cut almost directly through the site‚ making the Site subject to a 100-year flood. Between 1951 and 1954‚ the river was channelized and levees were constructed

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    Effects of Geography on the River Valley Civilizations The developments of early civilizations in Egypt‚ China‚ India‚ and Mesopotamia were greatly influenced by their geographical locations which allowed them to each adapt to their environment in many different and similar ways . These ancient river valley civilizations were all affected by surrounding rivers‚ landscapes‚ and environmental changes such as climate. Accordingly‚ all four regions were able to take advantage of their geographical location

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    Advantage: Increased Food Availability • For millions of years‚ humans and their evolutionary ancestors roamed Savannah’s and forests hunting game and gathering edible plants. During this period‚ the global population changed very little‚ limited by ecological carrying capacity. With the advent of agriculture‚ food availability grew exponentially. Starvation decreased significantly‚ and family sizes increased when early people had enough food to support more offspring. While crop failures were

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    of the metal Iron 4. Nile- gives people fresh water and is a major source for Egypt. The yearly activity is that it floods the river valley and moist fertile land is left behind. The resource the Nile has is the floodplain full of fertile land 5. Cataract- an unnavigable stretch of rapids and waterfalls 6. Delta- at one of the ends of rivers where the river spreads into many different streams 7. Silt- fine sand or clay that is easily carried by water 8. Papyrus- another type of

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    Specialized labor and written language was something that the Indus Valley civilization had a lot of and created. For specialized labor they would have different people or groups of people to have different jobs or professions in which they would create things for the river valley civilization. For example‚ “they had a person who made various tools. The tools they made were hammers‚ knives‚ needles‚ fish-hooks‚ axes‚ razors‚ and saws. But apart from these common tools‚ there were also stone querns

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    Explain the rise of civilization in one of the following locations: Ancient Egypt‚ Indus River Valley‚ or Mesopotamia. Egypt‚ otherwise known as the “Gift of the Nile”‚ started as small villages along the great Nile River‚ and slowly became greater to the point of city-states‚ and eventually a great empire. The small villages evolved into the thriving civilization by three major doings; commercial trade along the river influencing and ultimately boosting their economy‚ architecture that has lasted

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