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Term Papers on Geography
Vienna Vs. Virginia
Number of words: 404 - Number of pages: 2.... cities in VA lack a randomness, since they were made with horses in mind, and now cars. Here the streets are wide and either made of pavement or asphalt. Vienna’s roads are narrow and many are still cobble stone.
Language is very different even though English was made from mostly German. American’s have over 900,000 words to choose from. A great many more that the 500,000 the Germans have. The chief reason form this is because where English made a new word, German speaking peoples have just combined two. Map and Landcarte for example.
The transit systems are th .....
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Geography Of Mauritania
Number of words: 2109 - Number of pages: 8.... and small airports.[1][3]
Population, Location, Area, Climate
Mauritania is located in Northern Africa, bordering the North
Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara. It's geograph-ic
coordinates are 20 00 N, and 12 00 W. It's neighbors are Algeria to its
northwest, Mali to it's west, Western Saharas to it's northeast, Morocco to
it's north, and to its south Burkina Faso. It's total area is about
1,030,700 sq miles and it's land area about 1,030,400 sq miles which is
slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico. It has land
boundaries .....
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Toledo Bend
Number of words: 292 - Number of pages: 2.... shallow beaches are
open to the public along this man-made reservoir. Toledo Bend is one of
the fastest growing resorts in America.
Furthermore, Toledo Bend serves as most of the border between Texas
and Louisiana. The lake is peaceful and full of fish waiting to be caught.
Toledo Bend is also becoming a peaceful haven for retirees. Community
centers are located throughout the lake, especially by the fascinating
hydroelectric power plant.
Assuredly, to the parents who have young children, many marinas are
located along the lakefront. One in particular, is called the J & L Marina.
This marina .....
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The Industrial Heartland
Number of words: 722 - Number of pages: 3.... extremely important in this area. Most mines and
mills are located by waterways to make transportation readily available for it's
transport's. Coal, limestone, and many other kinds of mines use the Great
Lakes to transport, which happens to be in the middle of the Industrial
Heartland. They usually have tons of material to move so water transportation
can carry lots of material, it's cheap, but it's also slow. Another important
route in this region is the St. Lawrence Seaway, which was an significant
factor in the decision of industries to locate in this r .....
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China
Number of words: 584 - Number of pages: 3.... were much richer than the countryside. Most capital investments were going into urban industries. The urban workers, using considerable amount of heavy machinery, had a much higher average level of productivity compared to the rural workers. The natural consequences was for the city people to arrange themselves an average income level twice as high as that of the people in the countryside.
The most obvious way to attack this poverty problem was to increase production, in all sectors of the economy. Though the easiest way to increase production was to inc .....
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Lincoln, Nebraska
Number of words: 422 - Number of pages: 2.... Grosvenor Goodhue and
completed in 1932, has a central tower that rises 400 feet (120 meters) from a
massive two-story base and is considered a showpiece of American government
architecture. `The Sower', a statue symbolizing Nebraska's farms, stands atop
the tower. Museums include the State Museum of History, the University of
Nebraska's Christlieb Western Art Collection, and the Sheldon Memorial Art
Gallery, designed by architect Philip Johnson. Pioneers Park includes a nature
center. The Nebraska State Fair takes place in Lincoln each summer. Other
cultural .....
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Jamaica: "Jammin," Life In Jamaica
Number of words: 1650 - Number of pages: 6.... their problems. Under the leadership of their Prime Minister,
Michael Manley, Jamaica began to build up their economy and eventually made
the quality of life better than anybody could remember.
Manley started building up his country from their most valuable and
most wasted resource: bauxite. The Jamaicans were basically getting
scammed by the mining companies. Manley started to raise funds by raising
the tax on Bauxite to 10 times its former amount, with the huge amounts of
money he gained, he put to use building schools, hospitals, and put an end
to the k .....
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Germany
Number of words: 1959 - Number of pages: 8.... the Bavarian Alps where the Newschwanstein Castle is,
the Black Forest, the Harz Mountains, and Berlin.
There are many natural resources in Germany. Germany is bordered by
the North and Baltic Seas. These have busy shipping ports. There are also
four main rivers in Germany. In the West is the Rhine River, the Danube is
in the South, the Oder is in the East, and the Elbe and the Weser Rivers
are in the north.
The soil in Germany varies. The North German plains has soil that is
soft and fertile. Much of the rest of Germany has rocky soil.
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