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Clean Water Act Net Loss
560 wordsEvery year our nations wetlands have an estimated loss of 117, 000 acres. This means every five minutes an area the size of a football field is lost. What people do not understand is that we need wetlands for many beneficial reasons. Most people do not even know what wetlands consist of. There are four major types of wetlands which are: isolated wetlands, bogs of the Northeast, bottomland hardwood forest wetlands, and playa lakes. Isolated wetlands consist of small, seasonal ponds filled with wa...
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Amazon Rainforest Indigenous People
1,621 wordsThe battle for the Amazon rainforest is a daunting task. Its a long going battle between miners, loggers, and developers against the indigenous people who call it home. Its a battle like any battle in a war; it affects lives, families, the economy, politics, and the environment amongst other things. The main topic of this debate is the effects of the Amazon deforestation on the people who live in it, this will be the focus of this research paper. In this paper, I will discuss the history, causes...
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Temperate Deciduous Forests Temperate Deciduous Forest
318 wordsA Deciduous forest is one in which plants shed their leafs in the fall. The trees change colors as the seasons cycle; the green leaves of summer give way to the bare branches of winter. Temperate Deciduous forests are found in Eastern North America, Europe and China. These areas each have a growing season between 140 - 300 days with 75 - 150 cm of rain per year. Due to the extensive amount of leaf litter, the soils are fertile enough to allow a large diversity of plant species within this biome....
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Wood Chips Hardwood Trees Styx
528 wordsIf not here's a short rundown on an extremely threatened area called the Styx valley Forrest... The Styx Valley contains the tallest hardwood trees on Earth. Many of the trees are taller than a 25 -storey building, over 400 years old, and up to five metres wide at the base. The Styx is only 70 kilometres west of Hobart and is on the edge of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area - one of the great temperate wilderness areas on Earth. The Styx also contains large areas of unlogged rainfores...
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White Tailed Deer National Park
1,823 wordsAs the deer fed at the marsh's edge, its tail flickering as it nibbled tender and ripe green growth. Then the nervous animal pauses in its feeding and lifted its head to listen. Whatever hint of danger the deer had sensed was ignored once the threat could not be located. It stamped a forefoot, lowered its head and began to eat once more, this deer had failed to detect a Florida panther that was downwind (going into the wind) crouched low in the underbrush. Amber eyes however, estimated the dista...
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Green House Effect Seek Medical
1,602 wordsThis research report will take an in depth look at the use of hardwoods, and softwoods in the manufacture of outdoor furniture. This brief target audience is technology studies students, teachers, and will specifically investigate safety aspects, structure types and availability, adhesive properties, environment issues, and durability. The hardwoods considered in this report include Jarrah, Spotted Gum, and Tasmanian Oak. The softwoods considered are Radiata, Calantis and Hoop Pine. HARDWOOD Har...
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First Two Stanzas Man And Nature
1,219 wordsRobert Frost: Poem Analysis Gregory GeismarDISCUSS FROST? S TREATMENT OF NATURE IN ANY THREE POEMS YOU HAVE STUDIED REFER TO MAN? S ATTITUDE TO NATURE IS FROST? S ATTITUDE TRADTIONAL OR MODERN? EXPLORE THE POET? S USE OF LANGUAGE POEMS: TWO LOOK AT TWO TREE AT MY WINDOW IN HARDWOOD GROVES If one looks at man? s attitude to nature in the three poems then there are many similarities and differences. In? Two Look at Two? one gets the feeling that nature is unhappy and angry at man and the destructi...
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Primary And Secondary South Africa
1,670 wordsSouth Africa is the southernmost part of the continent of Africa. It is one of the earths oldest and stable landmasses. This is why there are no folded mountain ranges. The only mountain ranges that are similar to that kind of range, would be those in the southern tip. The rest of the country has been slightly pitted so that interior lakes like the Okovango Delta have no outlet to the sea. Most of the country is at an elevation of 3, 000 to 6, 500 feet above sea level. South Africa lies north of...
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