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Ethnic Groups Tropical Rain
992 wordsAfrica, until the middle to late nineteenth century was known as The Dark Continent. The reason for this reputation was that at the time no outsider was able to go in land of the big continent and see the diversity and the complexity of it... The first impression the European got was what they saw that the coastal areas of Africa and took this impression back to their countries and labeled the continent as being dark, not only because the encounter they had with dark skinned people also because ...
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Coffee Vanilla Indian Ocean Madagascar
612 wordsGreat Red Island Background Information Government Formal Name: Republic of Madagascar DTA code: MA Government Type: Republic Legal System: based on French civil law system and traditional Malagasy law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction. Foreign Relations: Good relations with many countries, especially France, and the western countries of Africa. Holidays: Jan. 1 - New Years Day May 1 - Workers Day May 24 - OAU Day June 26 - Independence Day Nov 1 - All Saints Day Dec 25 - Christmas D...
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Island Forests Farming
487 wordsLooking at a map of the southern hemisphere, one wouldn't expect such a seemingly "small" island to be so exotic and bountiful, but the island of Madagascar is just that. A 226, 658 square mile (587, 041 square kilometers) piece of land, with a a coastline of about 2, 480 miles (3, 990 kilometers), it's a beautiful and different view of its large neighbor, Africa. The island itself is made up of ridges, rivers, valleys, and tropical forests sectioning off the different regions of the landscape, ...
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Tails High In The Air High In The Air Lemurs
307 wordsLemurs, meaning ghosts, are primates that are found only on the island of Madagascar. They can weigh up too eight pounds. Their tails can be up to 25 inches long. And can live up to 15 years. There are 40 different species of lemurs. They are all different in ways. Some are nocturnal, while others hunt during the day. Some live on the ground and the others live in trees. Even though lemurs are different from each other they have stuff in common too. They are all good climbers with good grasping ...
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Cia World Factbook Shifting Cultivation
1,455 wordsPhysical Geography Madagascar is located 250 miles off the eastern coast of Africa, just south of the equator. This island nation contains no 'Principal' lakes, oceans, seas, rivers or islands; however it does have one 'Principal' mountain- Maromokotro- that is located on the island's central plateau. The island is over 1000 miles (1580 km) long and 350 miles (570 km) wide. Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world - after Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo. It is about the size of Spai...
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Birds Of Prey East And West
1,174 wordsTABLE OF CONTENTS FACTS ABOUT LEMURS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 3 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF LEMURS? ? ? 3 - 5 HISTORY AND THE LEMUR? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 5 THE ENDANGERED LEMUR? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 6 SOURCES? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 7 A lemur is a small, monkey like animal that lives primarily in Madagascar. Their sizes range from about as big as a mouse to as large as a cat. They have a roundish head with a pointed muzzle and large eyes. Their fur is wooly and their legs are longer than their arms. They are nocturnal animal...
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Cease To Exist Rules And Regulations
3,484 wordsProfessor Sroufe MarchMadahascar Patrick Hummer Professor Sroufe March 5, 2001 Madagascar: A Dying Land In Need of Help Madagascar is one of the most diverse areas of land that has undergone evolution totally independent from surrounding continents. The plant and animal species located on the island are all endemic to the island, meaning all are native species. The amount of diversity is very high compared to that of other continents and the species found here cannot be found anywhere else in th...
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Tails High In The Air High In The Air Lemurs
308 wordsLemurs, meaning ghosts, are primates that are found only on the island of Madagascar. They can weigh up too eight pounds. Their tails can be up to 25 inches long. And can live up to 15 years. There are 40 different species of lemurs. They are all different in ways. Some are nocturnal, while others hunt during the day. Some live on the ground and the others live in trees. Even though lemurs are different from each other they have stuff in common too. They are all good climbers with good grasping ...
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Prime Minister Ethnic Groups
525 wordsMadagascar, formally called Madagascar Madagascar Madagascar, formally called the Malagasy Republic, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean. It is located about 250 miles across the Mozambique Channel from the southeastern coast of Africa. About the same size as Texas, Madagascar is the fourth- largest island in the world, including its five small offshore island territories. Antananarivo is the capitol and principal city of Madagascar. The basic racial type of the people is Malayo-Polynesian. ...
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Cities And Towns Presidential Election
1,605 wordsMeeting Madagascar Introduction Madagascar Wright 1 Meeting Madagascar Introduction of Country Larger than California and Oregon combined, Madagascar is the worlds fourth largest island, after Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo. Located 250 miles off the south-east coast of Africa, the island extends 1, 000 miles in length and 360 miles at its largest width. The island can be divided into three main parts: the East Coast, a narrow coastal strip abutting the steep slopes of the North-South mountain...
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Island Madagascar Forests
495 wordsMadagascar: The Exotic Island Looking at a map of the southern hemisphere, one wouldn t expect such a seemingly small island to be so exotic and bountiful, but the island of Madagascar is just that. A 226, 658 square mile (587, 041 square kilometers) piece of land, with a a coastline of about 2, 480 miles (3, 990 kilometers), it s a beautiful and different view of its large neighbor, Africa. The island itself is made up of ridges, rivers, valleys, and tropical forests sectioning off the differen...
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Los Angeles South America
2,010 wordsLos Angeles Zoo OBJECTIVE The purpose of this observation was to study the activities and behavior of some selected primates, and to discuss the differences and similarities of these primates. It would have been ideal to examine three primates from each continent, but at the Los Angeles Zoo, the primates there only represented Africa, South America and what the Los Angeles zoo calls Eurasia. For this study I observed three different primates from Africa, two primates from South America, and two ...
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