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Gulf Of Mexico Tropical Storms
1,204 words... 30 %. A dependent of HRD scientists and technicians remained stationed at NHC to compile catalogs of output from a new storm surge model, the Sea, Lake Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH). These catalogs mapped possible hurricane flooding and required that each basin be meticulously, numerically rendered. These catalogs were then given to emergency personnel in the target cities to aid in evacuation planning. Computer modeling during the early 1980 's involved work on a 12 level nested g...
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Wind Speeds Sri Lanka
510 words1. Tornadoes travel at an average of 45 mph with a diameter between 150 and 600 meters and maximum wind speeds up to 600 km / hr . Middle latitude cyclones can span across a continent and usually require 2 - 4 days to cross a region. Hurricanes range in speed from 119 km / hr to sometimes over 250 km / hr and average close to 600 km across. 2. The months from August through October are when hurricanes usually strike North America. When the ocean water temperature is warm and combines with the ho...
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Sri Lanka Rainy Season
2,012 wordsGliricidia was first used in Mexico to provide shade for cacao plantations. It is from this use that the Aztecs labeled the tree "Madre de Cacao" (Mother of cacao). Later, in the 18 th Century, Gliricidia was brought to Sri Lanka to provide shade for coffee plantations. Today, the tree's long leafy branches are used to shade vanilla and tea crops as well. The tree is also known in Spanish as "Palo de Hierrro" (Tree of Iron) which eludes to Gliricidia's hard, heavy wood. This makes it ideal for f...
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Prevailing Winds Low Pressure
647 wordsWhy There Are Different Climates In Different Places Why Are There Different Climates Different Places The main factor that determines the climates of any place is its distance from the equator. This is because sun never rises high. Therefore the places close to the equator remains warm. Temperature typically decreases as altitude increases. At high altitudes the air is less dense, and it does not absorb and hold as much heat. On the average, the temperature drops about 3. 5 Fahrenheit for every...
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Rain Forests Tropical Rain
609 wordsRain forests may be grouped into two major types: tropical and temperate. Tropical rain forest is evergreen trees that form a closed canopy, below which is found a zone of vines and epiphytes where plants grow on trees, a relatively open forest floor, and a very large number of species of both plant and animal life. The largest trees have buttressed trunks above the continuous canopy, while smaller trees form a layer of more shade-delicate species beneath the upper canopy. The maximum height of ...
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Carbon Dioxide Dry Season
3,157 words... "The ants's unless lies in the evolutionary concept of kin selection" (Hoyt 1996). This concept occurs when members of a species work for the survival of relatives - genes by descent from a common ancestor rather than for one's survival of its own offspring (which is called individual selection). This is a very complicated process in which many people have devoted their lives to its study. The gathering of food by the leaf cutting ants is a complex series of interactions and communication wh...
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Div Class Sub Title Regulatory Agencies
1,742 wordsGeography Brazil occupies almost one-half of the entire South America continent, and is the fifth largest country in the world. It borders all Latin American countries except Chile and Ecuador. The 9, 170 km coastline and the 50, 000 km navigable inland waterways provide great potentials for water transportation which has not been well developed. Brazil is topographically relatively flat. 40 % of the land is under the Amazon Rain Forest. Most of the arable land is found in the South, but the pro...
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Rio De Janeiro Coastal Plain
1,686 wordsDescribe and Account for the Distribution of Population in Brazil The population distribution in Brazil can be explained by considering two factors, the physical factors and the historical factors within the five regions in Brazil, which are the North, North East, Centre West, South East and the South region. The population is mainly found on the narrow coastal plain trapped by the escarpment of the Brazilian Highlands. In the Rio de Janeiro area, the coastal plain is so narrow that it almost re...
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Francisco De Montejo North And West Yucatan
606 wordsThe Yucatan Peninsula in Central America separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea. Covering about 73, 000 square miles, and mostly in southeastern Mexico. It comprises the states of Yucatan, Campeche, and Quintana Roo, Mexico; Belize; and part of Peten, Guatemala. Merida and Campeche, Mexico and Belize City, Belize are the chief cities of the Yucatan. The peninsula is largely a low, flat, limestone tableland rising to 150 meters in the south. To the north and west the plain continues ...
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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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B C E Century B C
1,550 wordsTime Keepers Celestial bodies - the sun, moon, planets, and stars - have provided us a reference for measuring the passage of time throughout human existence. Ancient civilizations like: China, India, Babylon, and Greece relied upon the apparent motion of these bodies through the sky to record and determine seasons, months, and years. We know little about the details of timekeeping in prehistoric eras. However, records and artifacts usually uncover that in every culture, people were preoccupied ...
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Tectonic Plates Fossil Fuels
2,872 wordsGEOGRAPHY ESSAY Thailand and Japan are two countries situated in the Australian, Asian and Pacific (A. A. P) region. There are many similarities and differences in their physical and human geographies. Japan is an archipelago of 3900 mountainous islands with a total land size of 377 835 km 2. Located in East Asia along the Pacific Ring of Fire Japan ranges from North 50 30 I to 210 and East 970 3 I to 1030 3 I. In contrast, Thailand is a larger country with a total landmass of 511 770 km 2. It i...
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Asia Pacific Region South East Asia
1,677 wordsThe disappearance Deforestation 2 Deforestation The disappearance of trees, unquestioningly accepted as an indication of environmental degradation, evoked reactions ranging from disheartening feelings of powerlessness to various forms of cynicism (Kuchli, 1997 Page 8). Not only do forests support plants and animals; but they also have local and even global impact on ecosystem sustainability. It will be the object of this essay to analyze, based on a global scale, the patterns of deforestation. A...
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Developing Countries Problems Facing
534 wordsAt the close of the twentieth century, there are approximately 3. 5 billion hectares of forests in the world, representing 27 per cent of land use. Of this total forest area, 2 billion hectares are found in developing countries, mostly in the tropical and sub-tropical regions. Although the original forest area is not known precisely, it is estimated that the world has lost approximately 40 per cent of the original forest area of 6 billion hectares over the last 8, 000 years. Most of the loss in ...
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Carbon Dioxide Tropical Forests
427 wordsDeforestation is the Deforestation DEFORESTATION Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests and woodlands. The population requires food production; deforestation occurs as the forests are converted for agricultural uses. Deforestation has resulted in the reduction of indigenous forests to four-fifths of their pre-agricultural area. Indigenous forests now cover 21 % of the earth s land surface. In the last three decades one fifth of all tropical forests were lost. Currently at the rate...
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Plants And Animals Amazon Rainforest
2,314 wordsTo: Michael Meacher Copies: The Deputy Prime Minister Director of EPS All Heads of Division RIO CONFERENCE ON DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST Dear Mr. Meacher, I have prepared the following report for you to read before you attend the Rio Conference on Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. I feel that the key issues for you to consider are global extent of deforestation and the condition of the Amazon rainforest e. g. effects of deforestation. I cannot express how urgent my recommendati...
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Tropical Storms Water Vapor
818 wordsIn this Hurricanes Hurricanes In this essay I am going to be talking about hurricanes. I am going to tell you how they form, the location, the size and force of hurricanes, the damage they do and also about the air masses and fronts. I will also tell you some simple information that many people don t know about, this will include things like how many hurricanes develop every year and what to expect when a hurricane hits also which area will get hit the hardest by the hurricane. Location Hurrican...
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5 Billion Dollars Angular Momentum
934 wordsWhat is a hurricane? A hurricane is a tropical cyclone that has a maximum sustained wind of at least 75 mph. The primary energy source for tropical cyclones is the latent heat released when water vapor condenses. Only extremely moist air can supply the energy necessary to spawn and maintain tropical storms, and only very warm air contains enough moisture. Tropical cyclones, therefore, form only over oceans with water temperatures of at least 80 deg F. After they have formed, such storms tend to ...
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Tectonic Plates Iron Ore
1,342 wordsThailand Japan And Thailand Thailand and Japan are two countries situated in the Australian, Asian and Pacific (A. A. P) region. There are many similarities and differences in their physical and human geographies. Japan is an archipelago of 3900 mountainous islands with a total land size of 377 835 km 2. Located in East Asia along the Pacific Ring of Fire Japan ranges from North 50 30 I to 210 and East 970 3 I to 1030 3 I. In contrast, Thailand is a larger country with a total landmass of 511 77...
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Tropical Rain Forest Rain Forests
349 wordsJungle and rain forest are terms that are often used synonymously but with little precision. The more meaningful and restrictive of these terms is rain forest, which refers to the climax or primary forest in regions with high rainfall (greater than 1. 8 m/ 70 in per year), chiefly but not exclusively found in the tropics. Rain forests are significant for their valuable timber resources, and in the tropics they afford sites for commercial crops such as rubber, tea, coffee, bananas, and sugarcane....
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