endeavors‚ the rural women in particular. The soil types‚ water‚ climate‚ physiography‚ plants‚ animals and human beings (ecological factors) interact‚ utilizing the vegetation types in the Niger Delta. Women in the Niger Delta mangrove forest ecosystem engage themselves in mainly fishing and gathering of seafoods. A dense vegetation of mangroves in their marine and brackish habitats found along numerous rivers and creeks have become dependable sources of fuel wood for domestic and small-scale food
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many rivers‚ forming a surrounding region known as the flood plain. During times of rain or snow‚ some of the water is retained in ponds or soil‚ some is absorbed by grass and vegetation‚ some evaporates‚ and the rest travels over the land as surface runoff. Floods occur when ponds‚ lakes‚ riverbeds‚ soil‚ and vegetation cannot absorb all the water. Water then runs off the land in quantities that cannot be carried within stream channels or retained in natural ponds‚ lakes‚ and man-made reservoirs
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Wetlands are areas of land that are wet‚ flooded either permanently or seasonally and where land retains water for long enough to allow the development of characteristics soils‚ plants and animals. Or Areas of marsh‚ fen‚ peat land or water‚ whether natural or artificial‚ permanent or temporary‚ with water that is static or flowing‚ brackish or salt‚ including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six meters‚ (Ramsar Convention 2009). 1.
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I. Give geographical reasons. 1. Rainwater harvesting is very important in Rajasthan. Rainwater harvesting is very important in Rajasthan because Rajasthan Desert gets very little rainfall which is around is 100 to 250 mm. in a year. Hence there is water scarcity throughout the year and also high variability from year to year. Western Rajasthan faces acute water scarcity due to poor ground water quality and lack of water resources such as rivers and canals. To tackle with this problem and
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into the land (soil mostly) and kills vegetation. The purpose for this exit project experiment is to find out what are the affects of road salt on plants. The reason for doing this lab is to find out what a certain concentration of road salt will have an affect on a specific type of plant. Also to see what changes will occur like the color of the plant will change or the height of the plant. We are doing this to see what happened to vegetation during
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Imagine you’re one of the people that decide to ignore the officials warnings of an eruption on Mount St. Helens. It’s May 18‚ 1980‚ 8:32 a.m. and you hear a rumble and feel the earth move. Behind you‚ you hear a thunderous noise. When you turn around‚ you see a humongous landslide headed your way. Mount St. Helens in Washington State has erupted‚ immediately a cloud of gas‚ rock‚ and hot ash shot up in the air and race down the mountainside at an unimaginable speed. The eruption created a mass of
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as a result of numerous battles and many times from famine. However the Mayans simply disappeared as a culture. Researchers believe that Mayans were in harmony with their environment‚ but a common mistake was made and deforesting of the land and vegetation caused suffering for the Mayan people in that they could not find food and nourishment once the land had been destroyed. Most of the history of the Mayan speaks to how it took approximately 20 trees to melt one square meter of lime plaster
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successful ancient civilizations ever. One major reason it was so successful was because of the Nile river. The Nile provided many great thing that a civilization needs. The Nile provided a great fresh water source‚ a quicker way to travel‚ and vegetation/food. The Nile was a very important part of Ancient Egypt. One reason that the Nile helped so much was because it provided a great water source. Since the water in the Mediterranean sea was salt water‚ the Nile was very helpful in this area. The
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restoration measures consisted of constructing unreinforced soil‚ flexible geocell-faced reinforced soil‚ and geocell-geogrid reinforced soil slopes that mimic the former steep ravine. After slope construction‚ a mixture of drought tolerant and native vegetation was planted to provide erosion protection and restore the natural ravine environment. The geocells had the flexibility to fit against‚ and transition between variable slopes and create steep slopes with planting benches for trees‚ pockets for smaller
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” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land‚” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said‚ “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it‚ according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening
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