River rafting The modern raft is an inflatable boat‚ consisting of very durable‚ multi-layered rubberized (hypalon) or vinyl fabrics (PVC) with several independent air chambers. The length varies between 3.5 m (11 ft) and 6 m (20 ft)‚ the width between 1.8 m (6 ft) and 2.5 m (8 ft). The exception to this size rule is usually the packraft‚ which is designed as a portable single-person raft and may be as small as 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) long and weigh as little as 4 pounds (1.8 kg). Rafts come in a few
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Dioxin is one of the most toxic chemicals known. A report released for public comment in September 1994 by the US Environmental Protection Agency clearly describes dioxin as a serious public health threat. The public health impact of dioxin may rival the impact that DDT had on public health in the 1960’s. According to the EPA report‚ not only does there appear to be no "safe" level of exposure to dioxin‚ but levels of dioxin and dioxin-like chemicals have been found in the general US population
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reading. Reading a book is how that’s possible to go back in time. This year in Language Arts class we read a book that made it possible. In our reading group also known as “Literature Circles”. In literature circles my group read the book” Blood on The River” by Elisa Carbone. After reading the book‚ in US History and Language Arts‚ we did a project called the infographic project. From this project‚ I grew the most in collaboration. My partners for the project were Caralina and Jacob. An infographic is
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze Peter Hessler’s memoir River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze chronicles his two-year experience as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching at the Fuling Teachers College in Fuling‚ a remote village in China’s Sichuan province. In addition to writing about his life and experiences in Fuling‚ Hessler provides detailed descriptions of the landscape‚ its people‚ and history. The village of Fuling had not seen foreigners in at least fifty years prior to the arrival of Peter
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Frozen River Learning Integration Paper This essay analyzes family methods of interaction‚ strengths‚ and barriers of Ray’s family and Lila. It describes the family and community roles‚ rituals‚ and belief systems that sustain their life processes. It also identifies the role of grief‚ values‚ and symbols that describe the family and community system. Lastly‚ the paper targets systems for intervention. From a micro/mezzo perspective the methods of interaction between Ray and her family appeared
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The River as Bridge At the beginning of the new millennium urban populations outnumbered that of rural populations for the first time in history. Urban areas have long had connotations of being harmful to our environment and the people living in them are often seen as either careless or oblivious in regards to maintaining their surrounding environment; most notably the rivers that flow through their cities. The Trinity River begins in North Texas and flows all the way to the Gulf of Mexico; it flows
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The Nile River is made up of two tributaries. The two tributaries are the White Nile‚ and the Blue Nile. These two rivers connect together in the Sudan and then continue on their long and large journey. Although these are its two main sources‚ many other smaller rivers flow into it as well. The Nile River is known as the longest river in the world. The river is about 4‚132 miles long and 1‚107‚000 square-miles deep. The Nile is located in Northern Africa and runs through Egypt‚ Ethiopia
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Final Report Environmental Degradation and Destruction: Water Pollution in China Japanese Economy EA Introduction As one of the largest growing economies in the world‚ China‚ as a developing country‚ is now experiencing similar problems that other developed nations faced in their past developing phase. Environmental pollution‚ deforestation‚ unemployment and bribery issues are common in China‚ and China’s ability to progress at a rapid pace has been affected by these problems
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The River Nile The Nile is famous as the longest river in the world. The river got its name from the Greek word Neilos‚ which means valley. The two rivers that combine to make the Nile are the Euphrates and Tigris. The Nile floods the lands in Egypt‚ leaving behind black sediment. That’s why the ancient Egyptians named the river Aar‚ meaning black. The Nile River is actually 6695 kilometers (4184 miles) long. With such a long length‚ the Nile River is speculated to be the longest river in the
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Competence Competence id the maximum size (calibre) of load a river is capable of transporting whereas capacity refers to the total volume of sediment a river can transport. At low velocity only fine particles may be transported (clays‚ silt and fine sands). Large-calibre material can be moved when velocity increases. Because the maximum particle mass that can be moved increases with the sixth power of velocity‚ when discharge levels are high‚ for example during a flood‚ much larger boulders can
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