miles) northwest of Papeete‚ is surrounded by a lagoon and a barrier reef. In the centre of the island are the remnants of an extinct volcano rising to two peaks‚ Mount Pahia and Mount Otemanu‚ the highest point at 727 metres (2‚385 feet). Bora Bora is a major international tourist destination‚ famous for its aqua-centric luxury resorts. The major settlement‚ Vaitape‚ is on the western side of the main island‚ opposite the main channel into the lagoon. Produce of the island is mostly limited to what
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GORGE- 1. A deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides; a ravine. 2. A narrow entrance into the outwork of a fortification. v shaped - River valley with a V-shaped cross-section. Such valleys are usually found near the source of a river‚ where the steeper gradient means that there is a great deal of corrasion (grinding away by rock particles) along the stream bed‚ and erosion cuts downwards more than it does sideways. However‚ a V-shaped valley may also be formed in the lower
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doesn’t roll like a monohulled boat therefore; multihulls are better for leisure cruising. Multihulls are designed to sit on the water. Two well known catamaran manufacturers are Fountaine Pajot and Lagoon. Both of these manufacturers are located in France. The Fountaine Pajot Lipari 41 and the Lagoon 421 are comparable catamaran models‚ and are both approximately 40 ft long. These two popular models can be built with either 4 cabins or 3 cabins. Both boats have full size beds in all cabins‚ and
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difficult to develop a term that everyone can agree on unanimously. The campus lagoon‚ 94 acres in total‚ is “surrounded on the north‚ east and west by the Main Campus of UCSB and is bordered on the south by the Pacific Ocean.” The floor of the lagoon contains a depth of about 40 feet of loose and incompact layers of sand‚ slit‚ and clay comprised of partially decomposed organic matter. Habitat types that the lagoon includes are salt marshes‚ coast live oak woodlands‚ coastal dunes‚ vernal marshes
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more than 5‚700 feet. Along its eastern half of the coast are the long‚ narrow sandbars that are backed by lagoons. The lagoons extend along the Gulf of Guinea from the Ghana border to the Sassandra River. The sandbars which are backed by the lagoons are built by the combination of heavy surf and ocean currents. These sandbars have almost closed the rivers flowing into the gulf causing the lagoons to rise above sea level. This causes frequent flooding during heavy raining season because there is
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Adu 1 Adu-Anakwah Clement Ms. Brazell English 1010 26 March 2013 The Gold Coast Cape Coast is a city in one of the ten regions of Ghana‚ located in the Western part of Africa. It is about a 122-square-kilometer-stretch of land‚ with a 14-mile-of-land that stretches into the Atlantic Ocean. The ocean gives the natives their main occupation‚ which is fishing‚ and enabled the British missionaries and explorers to come over and exploit both the people and the land. Cape Coast was formerly known
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University allows PUP students to discuss with you the proposed project cooperation with the campus‚ specifically services such as: 1. Cleaning of surroundings at the PUP Linear Park 2. Planting trees at the PUP Linear Park and Lagoon 3. Cleaning of surroundings at the PUP lagoon Attached to this letter is the official list of students who are allowed to participate in the said services. Thank you very much for your favourable support and God bless. Very truly yours‚ _______________________ KIM MONICA
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Eco-degradation AND PHYTODIVERSITY OF PULICAT LAGOON‚ EASTCOAST OF SOUTHREN INDIA S.K.M.BHASHA‚ M. JOHNPAUL‚P.SIVA KUMAR REDDY NBKR Medicinal Plants Research Institute‚ SPSP Nellore (DT)‚ Bharathiyar University‚ Coimbatore. drskmbasha@gmail.com ABSTRACT: Pulicat Lake is the second largest brackish water lagoon after Chilika Lake of Orissa along the east coast of India. Estuaries and lagoons have brackish water which shows high biological productivity
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Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea [1]. The city of Venice is divided into six areas. These are Cannaregio (where the train station is)‚ San Polo‚ Dorsoduro (including the Giudecca and Isola Sacca Fisola)‚ Santa Croce (closest area approached by bus or car)‚ San Marco and Castello [1]. Venice ’s main thoroughfare‚ which runs down the middle‚ is called the Grand Canal [3]. The city of Venice is built on piles [4]‚ on the 117 low-lying islands formed by 177 canals‚ in a shallow lagoon‚ connected
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over 6000 people. It is known for its long stretch of beach‚ over 3 kilometres‚ with four beaches on this stretch: North Narrabeen‚ Narrabeen‚ South Narrabeen and Collaroy. The Narrabeen coastal environment consists of these beaches as well as the lagoon located at the north end of the beach. Surrounding areas are on a floodplain‚ meaning that high sea levels‚ large amounts of rain and runoff from nearby hills and mountains can lead to flooding occurring. Hydrological process operating within
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