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    The River Mersey

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    The River Mersey narrows to 0.7 miles wide between the Liverpool landing stage on its east bank and the Woodside and Seacombe landing stages on its west bank. The River has the world’s fourth highest tidal range with up to 10 meter high spring tides and 7 meter high neap tides. Due to the narrowing of the river from over 3 miles wide in parts and the size of the tides‚ speeds of water behind all three landing stages can regularly get up to 7 Knots (8MPH). This causes numerous under currents around

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    River geomorphology

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    River geomorphology Divided by five East Asia’s mightiest rivers were once a single‚ even mightier torrent Oct 12th 2013 | CHENGDU | From the print edition The amazing First Bend BY BUILDING dams in the Himalayas‚ Chinese engineers are tinkering with one of the world’s great sets of watersheds. Five great streams—the Red River‚ the Yangzi‚ the Irrawaddy‚ the Salween and the Mekong—flow within about 180 kilometres (110 miles) of one another from the south-eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau

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    Bass River

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    In the short story’s‚ “The Bass‚ The River‚ and Shelia Mant” written by W.D Wetherall and “Catch the Moon” written by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ the two main characters realize who they truly are by the end of the story. In “The Bass‚ The River‚ and Shelia Mant the narrator is in love with a girl he meets at his cottage in the summer. The narrator describes her in the story as “There was a summer in my life when the only creature that seemed lovelier to me than a largemouth bass was Sheila Mant.”The story

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    River Essay

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    advantages and disadvantages to come of river valleys and bad stuff to come of too. Egypt and Mesopotamia both had developed river valleys that provided transportation‚ irrigation‚and trade. However‚ they both had different views on the afterlife because of different flood patterns‚ as cultural diffusion slowly changed their civilization. Rivers usually bring great ideas and water for irrigation. Egypt would have never been as great of a civilization if it had no river to use to make crops and then Egypt

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    Cuyahoga River

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    22‚ 2011 Cuyahoga River Fires “In the United States‚ a concerted effort is underway to reduce water pollution and thereby improve water quality.” (Keller) A case history of river pollution is the Cuyahoga River located in Northeastern Ohio. The river is 100 miles long flowing south to Cuyahoga Falls where it then turns north until it empties into Lake Erie. Cleveland and Akron are two major cities located along the river. The Cuyahoga is known as an infant glacial river‚ this is because it is

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    river pollutoin

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    River Pollution Sam : Nowadays‚ the newspaper seems to be full of articles about River Pollution. Aren’t there better things to report about? Cullen : No‚ you are wrong Sam. Rivers are very important as sources of drinking water and aswaterways. Rivers have economic and aesthetic roles. So‚ that’s why we need to care the rivers as much as we can. Callahan : Why does river pollution occur rampantly in our country? Does this happen because of irresponsible human activities such as throwing garbage

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    Same Sex

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    PSC Officers A.Y. 2013-2014 Induction by Lawrence Estorque The induction of 2013-2014 new set of officers of the PATTS Student Council (PSC)‚ the PATTS College of Aeronautics official student government‚ was held last June 28‚ 2013 at the PATTS lobby. The oath-taking ceremony of the new batch of officers was witnessed by the chairpersons‚ department heads and some PATTSeans who believe that this new set of leaders will bring more development in PATTS and will always be there not only for fame

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    Rivers of Punjab

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    [hide]v · d · eThe Five Rivers of The Punjab | | | | Punjabi Names | Jhelum · Chenab · Ravi · Sutlej · Beas | | | | | Greek Names | Hydaspes · Acesines · Hydraotes · Hesidros · Hyphasis | | | | | Sanskrit Names | Vitasta · Ashikini · Parushani · Shatadru · Vipasa | | | Jehlum River or Jhelum River Urdu: دریاۓ جہلم (Shahmukhi)‚(Sanskrit: वितस्ता‚ Kashmiri: Vyeth‚ Hindi: झेलम‚ Punjabi: ਜੇਹਲਮ(Gurmukhi)) is a river that flows in India and Pakistan. It is the largest and most

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    Secret River

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    most people during the colonisation of Australia. Kate Grenville’s story The Secret River is set during the time in which Australia was colonised. An understanding of the historical context in which The Secret River is set‚ shapes your reading of the text because it helps you to understand issues in the text such as class‚ race and gender. Firstly‚ knowing about the class structure of the period that The Secret River is based on‚ gives the reader a greater understanding of the text. They believed in

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    The Rivers of Bangladesh

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    Bangladesh is a land of rivers and rivulets. These rivers are the blessings of Creator and pride to us. From high above they look like silvery lines crisscrossed over the green land of our country. Almost all the rivers of our country are originated from the Himalayas and flow into the Bay of Bengal. The main rivers are the Padma‚ the Meghna‚ the Jamuna and the Karnaphuli. They flow over our land with their unique way and wash their banks and make our country greener. The rivers are closely related

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