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Term Papers on Geography
Guyana
Number of words: 1142 - Number of pages: 5.... were to
travel a little ways off shore, you could also locate some petroleum. These
natural resources are very important in helping out the economy of this poor
country.
The lands have much resource also found in the vegetation and the
forests. The plants and trees are documented for their abnormal size and density.
Guyana has an excellent lumber industry, they sell some of the finest greenheart
as well as mora. Within the forests are a big variety of wildlife which can
range from deer to anteater and a few types of monkeys. The birds are very
diverse, t .....
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Israel
Number of words: 372 - Number of pages: 2.... upset some Palestinians. They
started throwing rocks at Israeli police. The violence grew, and gunfire
erupted on both sides. -Junior Scholastic
November 1, 1996
On November 10, Israeli soldiers shot, and killed a Palestine
protester, and wounded 11 others. The violence was about the expansion of
a Jewish settlement called Qiryat Sefer.
There were about 200 Palestinians rioting against the expansion. The
soldiers tried to stop the protesters without violence. First they told
the mob to go home, then they sprayed the crowd with tear gas, they fired .....
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The Philipines
Number of words: 289 - Number of pages: 2.... square miles the Philipines are an
archipelago,valcanos and mountains.T he main cities are Quezon
city,Davao,Cebu,and the capital Manilla.Some plants and animals the
Philipines have are dugong,sika,tamarau,anoa,monkey eating
eagle,leperouse`s megapode,tinan monarch,and a cologo,some fauna are
coconut,rubber tree,redlaun,mahogany,pines,palm
trees,papya,pineappleplants,bamboo,bananatrees,cassava,rice,orchids, the
national tree narra.Some governmental people are president Marcos,some
languages spoken are fillipino,english,spanish,tagalong,and some native
languages,some religions are roman catholic,and m .....
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Chad
Number of words: 1227 - Number of pages: 5.... (1,094 km), Central African Republic (1,197 km),
Libya (1,055 km), Niger (1,175 km), Nigeria (87 km), and Sudan (1,360 km).3 All
of these countries total to 5,968 km. Chad is landlocked which has no coastline.
It has no marital claims. The disputes between Chad and other countries is that
Libya claims and occupies the 100,000 km2 Aozou Strip in the far north. The year
around climate is tropical in the south, and desert in the north. The terrain is
broad, arid plains in the center, desert in the north, lowlands in the south and
mountains in the northwest. The .....
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Kuwait
Number of words: 914 - Number of pages: 4.... land area
of more then 6 800 square miles. It's goverment is a constitutional
monarchy led by the Amir Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al-Sabah and his crown
prince Sheikh Sa'ad Al-Abdullah al-Salim Al- Sabah.
Kuwait's major cities are Kuwait city, with a population of 46 00
located at 29.20N,48.00E, Salmiyah, with a population of 154 000 located at
29.20N, 48.00E and Hawali, with a population of 152 000 located at 29.20N,
48.00E. Life expectancy of the average Kuwaiti male is 69 years while the
life expectancy for the female scored 74 years of age.
The ann .....
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"A Bridge So Far": Japan's Alkashi Kaikyo Bridge
Number of words: 327 - Number of pages: 2.... 3.3 billion dollars and weighs more that 350,000 tons.
The cable used on the bridge is composed of 290 strands and is 186,000
miles long. The bridge is equipped with a feature that no other bridge has.
That feature is mass dampers that include pendulums that help stabilize
the towers. This stabilizer was needed since the two towers are almost as
tall as the Eiffel Tower.
I love to watch how we accomplish so many great things and
hopefully I can be one of those people who is on the cutting edge someday,
but we can't develop a god-like complex or we w .....
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Ural Mountains
Number of words: 567 - Number of pages: 3.... than 140 miles south to the Shchugor
River. This section contains the highest peaks of the entire range, including
Mount Narodnaya which reaches 6217 ft. and Mount Karpinsk Which is 6161 ft.
These first two sections are typically Alpine and are Strewn with
Glaciers and are heavily marked with permafrost. Farther south come the Northern
Urals, which stretch for more than 340 miles to the Usa River in the south; most
mountains top 3300 feet, and the highest peak, Mount Telpos-Iz, rises 5305 ft.
Many of the summits are flattened, the remnants of the ancient .....
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Research Essay, East Timor
Number of words: 1044 - Number of pages: 4.... awakening the two parties during January to May 1975 formed a coalition. While on the border of East Timor, Indonesia looking on saw the emerging colony and sought to cleanse and destabilise the area with outcomes designed in favor of Indonesia. While still in that year only a few months later in August the situation deteriorated dramatically with Indonesia stepping up its campaign. During this time there was a split in the coalition, that had been formed only months earlier with the UDT breaking away and as a result of this it sparked a short lived civil war. Wh .....
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