Oryx The Arabian Oryx is a medium-sized antelope weighing 65 - 75 kg (140 - 170 lb). Prior to its extinction in the wild‚ it is believed to have occurred in flat and undulating gravel plains intersected by shallow wadis and depressions‚ and the dunes edging sand deserts‚ with a diverse vegetation of trees‚ shrubs‚ herbs‚ and grasses. The Arabian oryx eats mainly grasses. Herbs‚ seedpods‚ fruit‚ fresh growth of trees‚ tubers and roots also form part of its diet. It can go for weeks without drinking water
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able to grow in the area‚ farmers move on‚ leaving what used to be acres upon acres of trees to be nothing but a dry and empty piece of land. Desertification is the decaying of the Earth’s dryland ecosystems. It is also the advancement of sand dunes on land. Each year‚ close to 30 million acres are lost to desertification and drought‚ that’s about 56 acres per minute. One major cause of desertification is human interaction/humans
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masterpieces. A mere 30 miles away sprawls Lake Michigan’s Gold Coast‚ perhaps the USA’s most unexpected beach getaway. Some argue that these shores rival Hawaii’s and Southern California’s. Along 300 miles of seemingly endless beaches lie sugar-white dunes‚ wineries‚ antiquing‚ U-pick orchards and berry farms‚ cider houses‚ Hemingway haunts – you can even go surfing. In Michigan! So if you never thought you could head to the Midwest for
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------------------------------------------------- Sundarbans The Sundarbans (Bengali: সুন্দরবন‚ Shundorbôn) is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world.The Sunderbans is a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering parts of India and Bangladesh. The Sundarbans National Park is a National Park‚ Tiger Reserve‚ and a Biosphere Reserve located in the Sundarbans delta in the Indian state of West Bengal. This region is densely covered by mangrove forests‚ and is one of the
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Ferociously‚ the wind tears at the great dunes with its vicissitudinous talons‚ raising beige apparitions from the earth. A tyrannical ball of fire rises from beyond the horizon and the thin‚ misty clouds‚ melting away the last vestiges of the darkness from before and showering its radiant blankets upon everything underneath. From below the uppermost layer of sand pokes the skeleton of a dead thing‚ long sapped of its life force‚ doomed to remain an eerie relic of what once was. Across the golden
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Arches National Park‚ Utah Type your response here: g. Telescope Peak‚ Death Valley National Park‚ California Type your response here: h. basaltic lava columns‚ Zion National Park‚ Utah Type your response here: i. Nogahabara Sand Dunes‚ Koyukuk
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Fox Traveller : Life Mein Ek Baar Trip To Leh 14-23 June – by Road 17-23 June – by Air Ladakh trips in 2013 • • • • • • • • • • • • Weekly Air Fixed Departures in June‚ July‚ Aug 14-23 June by Road (Del- Manali- Leh) 17- 23 June by Air (Del- Leh- Del) 21-30 June by Road (Del-Manali-Leh) 24-30 June by Air (Del-Leh-Del) 7-16 Aug by Road (Del-Manali-Leh) 10–16 Aug by Air (Del–Leh–Del) 09-18 Aug by Road (Del-Manali-Leh-) 15-21 Aug by Air (Del-Leh-Del) Bike Trip (11-21July‚ 8-18Aug‚ Del-Manali-Leh)
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1. Bag A contains A.well-sorted sand. B.clay. Correct C.a moderately sorted mix of sand and silt. D.a poorly sorted mix of gravel and sand. Answer Key: C Feedback: The correct answer is C. a moderately sorted mix of sand and silt. Question 2 of 33 3.03/ 3.0303 Points Bag B contains Correct A.well-sorted sand. B.clay. C.a poorly sorted mix of sand and silt D.a poorly sorted mix of gravel and sand. Answer Key: A Feedback:
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The Ultimate Casestudy Guide VERSION 1 (DEC 2009) Casestudies for Geography GCSE 2010 A guide to using the Ultimate Casestudy Guide This guide is designed to help you prepare for your exams by collecting the casestudy information you have learnt during your GCSE and putting it all in one place. This guide does not replace your notes. Part of your revision should be to go back over your notes and add further details to the information in this booklet. This is essential if you would
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RESOURCE & DEVELOPMENT Classification of Resources Basis of Classification Origin Exhaustibility Ownerhip Class Biotic Abiotic Renewable Non-renewable Individual Community National International Example Flora and fauna Minerals‚ Soil‚ Forest‚ Water‚ Wind Fossil Fuel‚ Metals Private land‚ orchard Village Pond‚ Park River‚ Mines‚ International Ocean Territory starts after 200 km of national boundary Stage of Development Potential resources are yet to Potential wind energy source in be exploited
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