humid summers and less cloudy‚ scant rainfall‚ mild temperatures‚ lower humidity during winter. Natural resources Myanmar is rich in natural resources such as petroleum‚ timber‚ tin‚ antimony‚ zinc‚ copper‚ tungsten‚ lead‚ coal‚ some marble‚ limestone‚ precious stones‚ natural gas‚
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deposition‚ and smoke or dust‚ which is dry deposition. The effects of acid rain are quite terrifying bringing all types of problems to the Earth‚ for example forests depletions in Canada‚ threatening bodies of water‚ decay of buildings made from limestone‚ and harming agriculture. These effects are usually long term and cause all sorts of secondary problems along with them. There are all types of articles about the effects of acid rain all over the world. For example‚ across the Canadian Shield‚ the
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Egypt is a country‚ almost completely made of sand. It is made up of two parts of the Saharan desert. However‚ there are two natural landscape feature that does provide haven from the dry desert land‚ the Nile River and the Nile Delta. No one knows specifically how the river formed but there are theories. One theory is that the Nile river is a result of According to Britannica Encyclopedia‚ the Nile river moves northward toward the Mediterranean sea‚ cutting right through the deserts of Egypt.
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rivers such as Garonne‚ Aude‚ and Adour. These rivers had formed in the tertiary period of the world. The mountain is made up of different rock materials as the rock progresses upwards. Crystalline rock is the content of high peaks while folded limestone create the lower slopes. Rainfall is ample and frequent in the southern slopes of The Pyrenees along with a steppe line climate. The steppe line climate is spread out grasslands and shrubs among the rocky shelves. While roaming the ridges many people
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La Routa de los Cenotes The Yucatan Peninsula is famous for its abundance of cenotes‚ which are spectacular sinkholes and caves formed over millennia among the striking karst and limestone landscape. Although cenotes are found in every nook and cranny of this peninsula‚ the local government has gone to much effort to establish and advertise a bona-fie ‘Cenotes Route’ which guides visitors along a route which stretches over 300kms between Puerto Morelos (about half way between Playa and Cancun)‚
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and Poseidon competing‚ and at least one of the metopes showed a centaur and Lapith theme known as centauromachy. This building was strategically placed on one of the highest points in the city and was utilized as a place of worship‚ made out of limestone and marble. Inside would have been a colossal statue of Aphrodite. This building utilized a classical style of architecture and was built by Itkinos and Kallikrates. From a religious standpoint‚ this building may have held as much importance as the
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Compare and Contrast: Venus of Willendorf vs. Cycladic figures What is the difference between two figures that both represent the same basic idea? Give up? Well don ’t worry‚ by the time you are done reading this paper you will be fully versed in the answer to this interesting and quite debated question. Venus of Willendorf "was found on August 7th‚ 1908 during a systematic excavation in the ninth and highest layer of Site II in Willendorf‚ Austria by Josef Szombathy. The most recent estimate of
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KEY to Homework Questions for Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks Lecture 6-7 Use these questions to test your knowledge of Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks A. Short answer: 1. A rounded pebble would be a type of particle found in a conglomerate. 2. Salt and other minerals that form when a body of water dries up are called evaporites. 3. Sands are the size of detrital sediments larger than mudstones and smaller than conglomerates and breccias.
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Extraction of Aluminium Aluminium ore is called bauxite. Bauxite contains aluminium oxide‚ water‚ iron oxide and other impurities. The purified dry ore‚ called alumina‚ is aluminium oxide (Al2O3). The alumina must be molten for electrolysis to work‚ since the ions are not free to move in the solid state. Unfortunately‚ alumina has a high melting point (2040 °C) and it is not practical to do electrolysis at such a high temperature. In the middle of the nineteenth century it was found that alumina
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Architecture leaves monumental footprints for future generations to enjoy. Egypt is known for its massive pyramids and the enormous statues and sculptures that helped shape what the world is today. The land of Egypt is home to one of the Seven Wonders of the World‚ The Great Pyramid of Giza. It is also known for some of the most famous pharaohs of the time such as King Tut and Ramses the Third. Millions of people travel from across the world just to see the brilliant architecture of Egypt which includes
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