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    The Yellow River

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    The Yellow River‚ also known as Huang He‚ is located in Northern Central China. It is the second longest river in China. It carries yellow sandy silt‚ called loess‚ which gives the river its name (Dramer‚ 2001‚ p.7). It carries its rich yellow silt from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean (Spielvogel‚ 2005‚ p.85). The Huang He is sometimes called “The Great Sorrow” because of suffering brought by its floods (Ellis‚ Esler‚ 2001‚ p. 111). Millions of people have drowned‚ towns have been destroyed‚ and crops

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    Deep Rivers

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    Rivers: A Reflection of History Deep Rivers can be seen as an allegory for historical conflicts in South America. The novel can be seen as a symbolic narrative of not only the problems that Indians faced in Peruvian society‚ but also Jose Argueda’s childhood and his struggle to find his identity. Deep Rivers is beneficial to the reader because it is a first hand account of the problems that Indians faced in Peru‚ thus allowing the reader to make a deeper connection to the novel and understand

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    Amazon River

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    Introduction: In our world there are lots of river in the world which have different importances‚ the Amazon River is the one. The Amazon River is the one of world highest levels of biodiversity. Running out to the South Africa there is the Amazon River and Amazon rainforest which are the 2nd largest river and the largest rainforest in the world. The Amazon River is also the largest drainage basin in the world. Because of its large dimensions‚ it also called “The River Sea”. As one of the most extreme place

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    Monkey Bridge

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    succeeding in society. In a new culture‚ people become dependent on those around them more fluent in the new society’s ways and lose their connection to the humans around them who seem too challenging to comprehend. The excerpt from the novel Monkey Bridge by Lan Cao exposes readers to this world through the eyes of a girl from Saigon who must help her mother orient herself to American life. In the excerpt‚ the girl describes the contrasts between her mother’s great shopping abilities in the open markets

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    The Po River

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    The Po River The Po River is located in Italy. The river flows from the Cottain Alps through many cities and empties into the Adriatic Sea. Although the Po is a very beautiful river it threatens many cities because of its spring and fall floods. The flood water tears away ranks and bridges and destroys fields and towns. To help control the flood waters they build dams. Two good things about these dams where that the slowed water flow and the created hydroelectric energy. To travel by boat on

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    The Magpie Bridge

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    3. In what way(s) does The Magpie Bridge contribute to the development of intercultural understanding? Having you ever had a try of the pig’s blood cake? It is a famous steamed snack in Taiwan that made of pork blood and sticky rice‚ sold on a wooden stick and eaten like an ice cream. Being popular among the Chinese society for its chewy texture and unique aroma‚ it is‚ however‚ selected the first place of the ten world’s most unusual foods by the renowned travel website VirtualTourist.com in England

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    Cuyahoga River

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    Cuyahoga River” “The Return of the Cuyahoga River” The Cuyahoga River was the heart of the land and the quality of the river was a direct reflection of how people viewed the quality of their life. The river is 100 miles long and it’s a place where tycoons and legends were made but the wild river was tamed but then poisoned and the environment was destroyed. Oil‚ debris and pollution accumulated on top of the water. People eventually woke up to the danger and tried to save the river and the

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    Artificial River

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    Carol Sheriff’s The Artificial River The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress‚ 1817-1862 APUS‚ Section 4

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    Bridge Trusses

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    1.Name at least 6 different types of bridge trusses: Pratt‚ Parker‚ K-Truss‚ Warren‚ Howe‚ Camelback http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/common-types-truss-bridges 2. Name and describe the 3 most common types of bridge truss types: Warren: The Warren Truss uses equilateral triangles to spread out the loads. The triangles reduce the forces to only compression and tension. Pratt: A Pratt truss includes vertical members and diagonals that slope down to the center. The inner diagonals are under

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    Rhine River

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    Rhine River Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………….…...…3 Rhine’s history………………………………………………………………………..….3 Rhine’s sections……………………………………………………………………….....3 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………….4 Introduction Rhine River flows from two small headways in the Switzerland Alps and passes northward between the border of France and Germany‚ then continues entirely in Germany and after than through the Netherlands until it flows into the North Sea. The Rhine River is the twelfth

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