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Term Papers on Geography
Ireland Or United Kingdom?
Number of words: 1810 - Number of pages: 7.... one of the oldest languages in Europe. Gradually,
this beautiful language was replaced by English, which is now the common
language for almost the entire population. For more than fifty years, all
of the governmental leaders of the republic have tried to restore Gaelic.
So far, they have had little success. Today, it is spoken by only a few
people.
Religious and moral training is a basic goal of Irish education.
Almost all primary education is run by religious groups and is supported
by state funds. The Irish people are deeply religious. Most of the
in .....
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The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository
Number of words: 2633 - Number of pages: 10.... flowing into the repository from above, and water being pushed up from an aquifer 300 feet below by an earthquake. He says there is crystalline evidence in the rocks at the repository level that indicates hot geothermal water from below has been there before and, therefore, could return. DOE mining engineers says those crystalline forms are more likely the result of minute amounts of water migrating from above over thousands of years. The issue was raised by a former DOE employee turned whistle-blower, Jerry Szymanski, who reported evidence of past geothermal .....
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Lebanon
Number of words: 2518 - Number of pages: 10.... between Syria in the north and east and Israel in the south. The
maximum distance from the nation's northern border to the southern one is
only 130 miles. And the maximum distance from the Mediterranean Sea to the
Lebanon-Syria border is 50 miles. In the south, along the border with
Israel, Lebanon's eastern border is only 20 miles from the sea.
Although a tiny land, Lebanon boasts a great diversity in its landscape
which makes it one of the most picturesque countries in the world. The
coast line is br oken by many bays and inlets of varying size. .....
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Copacabana
Number of words: 565 - Number of pages: 3.... As they get near the mountain, other people are already climbing and others walking through the path other villagers had made long ago. Once off the boat, the first steps to the path are few feet away from the shoreline. The steps they take are considered sacred and the people are supposed to go on them bear footed. These steps are made up of little rocks, some of them smoother than others. The first few steps up the mountain are relatively simple to climb. Nevertheless, as one goes higher, the steepness of the mountain begins to take affect on one's .....
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Thailand: My Perspective
Number of words: 1210 - Number of pages: 5.... an easy country to travel in, with efficient transport, cheap accommodation, and a delicious national cuisine. The Thais are renowned for their friendliness and hospitality to strangers. Although they’re often depicted as fun-loving, happy-go-lucky folk (which they often are), they are also very strong-minded and have struggled for centuries to preserve their spirit of independence.
Thailand’s two coastlines and countless islands attract schools of water babies. Diving and snorkeling are—particularly popular in Phuket. The islands of Chumphon Province, just .....
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From Village To City
Number of words: 1319 - Number of pages: 5.... The
main economic activity during this time was trade and barter. Obsidian, a
volcanic glass was fashioned into razor sharp tools and weapons. It was
also used as trade. People who lived near Obsidian deposits often risked
their lives to collect it and eventually barter it off for food or money.
Obsidian comes from volcanoes and was a kind of glass, the only of the
times. The value of Obsidian was great, and so therefore was the supply and
demand. Salt, ore, copper, and soapstone were accepted trade materials
around 8000BC. Most of the Village to City civiliz .....
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Hong Kong
Number of words: 1768 - Number of pages: 7.... portion of the New Territories, near Deep Bay. Few large wild
animals inhabit the dependency.
Climate
Although within the Tropics, Hong Kong has a subtropical climate
because of the southwestern monsoon, a moist, warm, equatorial wind that
brings a rainy season between May and August. The mean annual temperature
is 22.2° C (72° F), with a range from 15° C (59° F) in February to 27.8° C
(82° F) in July. Typhoons occasionally cause great destruction.
People and Principal Cities
The population of Hong Kong is about 97 percent Chinese, with .....
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Rwanda Report
Number of words: 577 - Number of pages: 3.... Kigali which is also the biggest city in Rwanda I can't find how big it is
but it must be bigger than twenty miles square and under twenty six thousand
three hundred and thirty eight square miles.
The official name of Rwanda is called The Republic Of Rwanda. Rwanda is also
landlocked which doesn't help much either. Since it is landlocked I will tell
you which countries it is surrounded by on the north it is by Ughanda, on the
east by Tanzanian the south by Burundi and finally on the west it is next to
Zaire. Rwanda is one of the poorest countries in the wo .....
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