Mount Kilimanjaro is located in Tanzania which is in Eastern Africa (see figure 1) and is situated within 756 square kilometers of the Kilimanjaro National Park. It is the highest mountain in Africa and is the fourth highest mountain in the world‚ standing at 5‚895m above sea level. Kilimanjaro is said to be a stratovolcano and consists of three volcanic cones‚ named Kibo (dormant volcano‚ last major eruption has been said to be 150‚000 and 200‚000 years ago (Wikipedia‚ 2015). Shira and Mawenzi are
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same rate from lower to higher. Pressure increases speed increases as winds continue to move from higher to lower pressures‚ but are moving without a “boost” from the Coriolis effect. 4. Explain why it is much more difficult to measure snowfall amount than rainfall amount. a. There are a couple conditions that make measuring snow fall more difficult than measuring rain but a major factor is wind; wind easily affects snow fall (drifting). Three or more sites are used to present and average snow fall
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the terrain at elevation which forces moist air to condense and fall out as rainfall along the sides of mountains. On the leeward side of mountains‚ desert climates can exist due to the dry air caused by downslope flow which causes heating and drying of the air mass. The movement of the monsoon trough‚ or intertropical convergence zone‚ brings rainy seasons to savannah climes. The urban heat island effect leads to increased rainfall‚ both in amounts and intensity‚ downwind of cities. Global warming is
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American hot and dry deserts. They are the Chihuahuan‚ Sonoran‚ Mojave and Great Basin. In hot and dry deserts‚ the seasons are generally warm during the year and very hot in the summers. The winters do not bring a lot of rainfall. There is no humidity to block the sun’s rays. Rainfall
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The advantages and disadvantages of living in the country Living in the countryside has a lot of advantages‚ but also many disadvantages. As the advantage we can consider the fact that the country is less polluted and the traffic isn’t so heavy. You are fit and you don’t need to worry about your health condition‚ because in the countryside the air and water are so clean. In the country there are many plant species. There aren’t any huge blocks of flats‚ modern skyscrapers or bothersome traffic
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STUDY OF ROAD ACCIDENTS IN INDIA Introduction: Civil Engineering Seminar topic on the "Study of Road Accidents in India”. Road accidents are one of the causes of disability‚ injury and death. India has the highest road traffic accident rate worldwide with over 140000 deaths annually‚ beating even China. Every hour nearly 14 lives are lost due to road accidents. Most accidents occur during peak hours considered an ‘unsafe’ or dangerous time due to complex flow pattern of vehicular traffic. Thus
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Living in the City Advantages: Very connected‚ big communities‚ people from every walk of life‚ everything is at your fingertips‚ you don’t necessarily need a car‚ access to shopping is easy‚ different kinds of restaurants‚ and cultural events‚ plenty of people to choose from when finding friends‚ Usually there are good hospitals/medical care. Travel is easier - airports‚ trains‚ etc. Laws usually control things like loose dogs and prohibit inappropriate land use‚ such as a factory in a residential
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desert like conditions. It has extremely low temperatures‚ poor nutrients‚ and short growing seasons. There is a very low precipitation of less than five inches a year which is coupled with strong‚ dry winds. There is a very large annual amount of snowfall in the region which surprisingly is advantageous to plant and animal life as the snow provides and insulation layer on the surface of the ground. All vegetation and wildlife living in this biome band are extremely hardy and particularly specialised
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The Red River Flood of 1997 Geography 2152G Professor Mark Moscicki Mitchel McCabe – 250590151 Submitted: Wednesday April 3rd‚ 2013 Description of the event The Red River Flood of 1997 was a colossal flood that occurred along the Red River of the North in April and May of 1997. The Red River of the North basin is located in North Dakota and Minnesota in the United States‚ as well as in southern Manitoba‚ Canada. (figure 1-map) This flood was the most severe on this river since 1826
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clean water‚ take old pipes that have been used to transport water across cities for example. Because they are so old‚ they tend to waste about 7 billion gallons of water every day (CQ Report‚ 2010‚ p.531). And due to natural events like low rainfall and snowfall‚ we have been through many droughts which have almost emptied our reservoirs (CQ Report‚ 2010‚ p.531). Although we humans can’t create or destroy water‚ we can make it unusable by flushing our clean water into the ocean leaving it salty or
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