farmers prevent soil erosion on mountainside and hillside is by terracing. Terracing is the building of wide flat rows of terraces on mountainside and hillsides. The terraces look like big staircases. They hold rainwater so that it will not wash away the soil. The Banawe Rice Terraces here in the Philippines was built by ancient Filipinos thousands of years ago. These terraces have protected mountain soil through the years. Contour Plowing Some agricultural lands are on a slope‚ where soil
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fifth millennium B.C. One of the most striking examples of this is the so called Pillar Temple‚ which stood on a terrace or platform included two rows of massive columns‚ 2.6 m (8 ft 6 ins) in diameter. c The Temple Complex‚ Ischali * The temple complex‚ ischali of the early second millennium was of the terrace type‚ without a ziggurat. It was rectangular in plan‚ with large main terrace court and an upper one in which the temple lay at right angles to the chief axis. The Temple oval at khafaje
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literature on apes and language focuses on these four questions. How Spontaneously Have Apes Used Language? In an influential article Terrace‚ Petitto‚ Sanders‚ and Bever (1979) argued that the apes in language experiments were not using language spontaneously‚ but were merely imitating their trainers‚ responding to conscious or unconscious cues. Terrace and his colleagues at Columbia University had trained a chimpanzee‚ Nim‚ in American Sign Language‚ so their skepticism about the apes ’ abilities
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1Banaue Rice Terraces No trip to the Philippines could be complete without seeing the spectacular Banaue Rice Terraces. Carved from the mountain ranges about 2‚000 years ago without modern tools by the Ifugao tribes‚ these magnificent farm terraces resemble giant steps reaching up to the sky. Locals to this day still plant rice and vegetables on the terraces‚ although more and more younger Ifugaos do not find farming appealing and emigrate to the cities. 2Chocolate Hills
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sizes from sand to small boulders (sand‚ gravel‚ coble‚ small boulder).It was also noted that the delta is very mature because it had people living on it. Some features that were observed on the Morant bay river delta are: * Flood plain * Terrace * Channel mouth bar * Vegetated
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Abstract In recent years Miami has expanded in many ways. Developers‚ foreigners‚ are once again investing in one of the most visited touristic places in the United States. Mainly‚ downtown Miami has redeveloped even if the economic crisis is still happening. The new era of Miami respects the nature‚ adapting and reimagining proven tropical building methods. The result is modern. Many positive and negative effects have happened through the years‚ allowing the city to make successful decisions
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Mughal architecture‚ an amalgam of Islamic‚ Persian and Indian architecture‚ is the distinctive style developed by the Mughal Empire in India in the 16th and 17th centuries. All the early Mughal Rulers except Aurangzeb were great bui1ders. With the coming of the Mughals‚ Indian architecture was greatly influenced by Persian styles. The Mughals constructed excellent mausoleums‚ mosques‚ forts‚ gardens and cities. The Mughal buildings show a uniform pattern both in structure and character. The main
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the literature on apes and language focuses on these four questions. How Spontaneously Have Apes Used Language? In an influential article‚ Terrace‚ Petitto‚ Sanders‚ and Bever argued that the apes in the language experiments were not using language spontaneously but were merely imitating their trainers‚ responding to conscious or unconscious cues. Terrace and his colleagues at Columbia University had trained a chimpanzee‚ Nim‚ in American Sign Language‚ so their skepticism about the apes’ abilities
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National emblem From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For National Emblem‚ see National emblem (disambiguation). | This article needs attention from an expert in Countries. Please add a reason or a talk parameter to this template to explain the issue with the article. WikiProject Countries may be able to help recruit an expert. (February 2009) | | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations
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descending of Lumawig and his sister Bogan to earth with a mission to teach the Cordillera Mountain peoples how to live peacefully and enjoy the economic abundance of the earth. While on earth‚ Lumawig and Bogan subdued warring tribes through carving rice terraces on the mountain sides‚ pottery cloth and basket weaving and orienting the tribes on the statue of Kabunyan. ID DAYONGAN (THE HEAVEN) Id Dayongan‚ Depicts the heavenly dwelling of Kabunyan’s Family with other goddesses. It relates the cause
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