Canada The Capital city of Canada is Ottawa in the province of Ontario.
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1.1 What are mangroves? 1.2 What are the factors that determine area, diversity and growth of mangroves?
.1 What are mangroves? .2 What are the factors that determine area, diversity and growth of mangroves? The health of the mangrove wetlands with reference to hydrological and soil conditions, and the wealth of the mangrove wetlands in terms of area, species diversity, biomass and productivity are determined by Degree of protection against high-waves Quantity and duration of freshwater flow and sediment supply Larger tidal amplitude and Gently sloping coastal topography. Young mangrove plants of settle and grow only in coastal areas where wave energy is low or in places where the mangrove wetlands are protected by a sand barrier against high-waves. The coastline of the Muthupet region of the then combined Thanjavur District and that of Sunderbans in West Bengal are the best examples of low wave energy coasts where mangroves grow luxuriantly. In the Pichavaram mangrove wetland of Cuddalore District, wave energy along the coast is high but a sandy beach, located between the mangroves and the sea, protects the mangroves. Most of the mangrove plants require low salinity condition for their growth and reproduction. Hence, luxuriant mangrove forests can be seen only in the estuarine regions where a large amount of fresh water is discharged for long periods of time in a year. For example, the Sunderbans mangrove forest of West Bengal, which receives fresh water from
Global Warming and the Polar bear
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Are you planning or intending to go to Italy either to live there or to go on holiday there?
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Coasts are dynamic interface between land and sea. For a stretch of coastline you have studied explain how coastal process interact with the land to produce a changing system.
Coasts are dynamic interface between land and sea. For a stretch of coastline you have studied explain how coastal process interact with the land to produce a changing system. Coastal environments rarely stay in equilibrium because of the processes interacting with them; a stretch of coastline that is a dynamic system is the Holderness coast. One of the causes of this changing system is related to sea level changes. During glaciations large volumes of water were stored on the land as ice this meant that there was a eustatic fall in sea level. Ice accumulated and its weight pressed down on that part of crust beneath it causing isostatic changes in sea level. These changes in sea level affected the shape of the coastline and the formation of landforms as the rates of erosion and deposition were altered. The effects the sea level changes have had is the emergence of coastal areas in the north like the Holderness coast with the coast being raised. Glaciations also had another impact on this stretch of coastline because during the last ice age the geology of the area was effected with glacial till being deposited. This changing in the geology has caused many changes to the coastal environment. Glacial till is easily eroded which has caused headlands to form, as there are also bands of harder chalk which means there is a discordant coastline, for example at Flamborough head. The
The Alyn Valley is situated in the north-east of Wales four miles west of Mold
Is the Alyn Valley A Popular Place For People To Visit In Their Leisure Time? Description of Results By looking at by located % bar charts which show car park occupancy in the Alyn Valley diagram I can tell which car park was busiest at the time. By using this method I found that the picnic site had the busiest car park with 68% of its spaces occupied leaving 32% unoccupied. The quietest car park was Bwlch Pen Bara where only 18% of spaces were occupied leaving 82% unoccupied. This means that loggerhead's was in-between the two with28% of its spaces occupied and 72%unoccupied. By taking these results I can tell how busy the Alyn Valley was on this day but bearing in mind that it was mid morning of a weekday during a school term when there is likely to be less people visiting the area than there would be of a weekend or during the summer holidays and maybe even a just later on that day in the afternoon. On the day I made note of where the cars had come from this helped me to later draw a "desire line graph to show catchment area of the Alyn Valley" this makes it easier for me to see how far people are willing to travel to visit the Alyn Valley. I found that people were willing to travel from up to 50 kilometres away to visit the Alyn Valley although a majority of visitors where from less than 10 kilometres away from a place called Mold. The smallest number of cars came from
To study the influence of Tourists on Settle's Land-use.
Data Collection for Aim 1 Aim 1 To study the influence of Tourists on Settle's Land-use. Hypothesis 1 The shops and services in Settle's market area are mainly for tourists. During my visit to Settle I completed a land use survey of Settle's market square and the surrounding buildings. The use of each building was recorded on a base map given. The map was of the buildings in Settle's market square, each building was numbered from 1-55. Overleaf was a table in which I recorded what each building was used for next to the correct number. I recorded what each building was used for at eye level i.e. the ground floor. These buildings were then classified in different categories e.g. tourist, mixed and residential. The buildings were categorised as it would help me when finding if most of the shops and service's in Settle are mainly for tourists. A sketch of Settle's market was also produced on the same map, showing what the stalls sold and where they were situated. I was able to do this as I went to Settle on a market day. Hypothesis 2 The majority of visitors have never visited Settle before. The data which was collected for this aim is a mixture of primary and secondary. The primary data which was collected were questionnaires. These questionnaires were asked to 10 random people as I didn't discriminate against age, gender or race during my visit to Settle.
Mississippi Flood 1993: Case Study
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How we need to manage tourism by he year 2050
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How a charity helps in development. Water Aid's work in Ghana
Water Aid Ghana Aims: - help 80,000 people gain access to water, sanitation and hygiene every year by 2011 - support local organisations to raise their own funds, while keeping a strong advisory role on how these funds are spent to ensure a further 40,000 people gain access to water, sanitation and hygiene every year by 2011 - To ensure problems of the poorest, socially excluded and marginalised groups, like women, elderly, disabled and those living with HIV/AIDS, receive increased support. How does Water Aid provide support? Water Aid works in partnership with 8 non governmental organisations (NGOs). These partners carry out the day to day management of water, sanitation and hygiene education projects in 6 out of 10 of the countries regions. Water Aid provides financial support, training and technical advice as well as assistance with planning, budgeting and institutional development. Water Aid also works in influencing governments, to ensure that they meet the millennium development goals (MDGs) and the Ghanaian poverty reduction strategy paper. The MDG targets are to halve the proportions of people without access to water and sanitation between 1990 and 2015. Water Aids partners invest in easy to use, easy maintenance technology that can be sustained by the local users of the facility. What has Water Aid achieved? Atoapoka Azuma from Asamponbisi village (someone
