Essays Tagged: "north pacific ocean"

Japan and her culture

Japanese AssignmentGeographical SettingJapan is an island country in the North Pacific Ocean. It lies off the northeast coast ofmainland Asia and faces Russia,Korea, and Chi ... islands consist of the rugged upper part of a great mountainrange that rises from the floor of the North Pacific Ocean. Jagged peaks, rocky gorges,and thundering mountain waterfalls provide some of t ... d Honshu's generally has warm,humid summers.Winters are mild in the south and cold and snowy in the north. Honshu has balmy,sunny autumns and springs. Hokkaido has cool summers and cold winters much l ...

(10 pages) 520 1 3.8 Aug/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Costa Rica - about the geography, history, government and economy, the people, history, and tourism.

Costa Rica is an exotic country located in Middle America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. It is between Nicaragua and Panama. It is 51,100 square km in size, and it's ca ...

(3 pages) 101 1 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Mexico, history, political structure, biography included

erica, or Mexico borders the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico between Belize and the US and the North Pacific Ocean between Guatemala and the US. Mexico is shaped liked a cornucopia. Mexico is 1,9 ... o modern Mexico, according to legend, the Aztecs came from the seven caves called Chicomozoc in the northern Mexico. The Aztecs claimed to have migrated from Aztlan, where they first had their vision ...

(6 pages) 170 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Brief overview of Canada: including- General Facts, Economic Facts, Travel Information Culture/Customs Communication Miscellaneous items

Facts about the countryCanada, located on the continent of North America, is geographically the second largest country in world (after Russia) and is situated ... est country in world (after Russia) and is situated bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the US. It's geographic ... what larger than the US. Canada's climate varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north. Canada's terrains are commonly mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southeast ...

(6 pages) 91 0 4.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Mariana Fruit Bat

uit bat (Pteropus marianus marianus) is aptly named after the location of its initial sighting, the Northern Mariana Islands. The latter is composed of fourteen marked islands, which include Saipan, R ... ns of the world lead to the inevitable conclusion of indigenousness solely to the landmasses in the North Pacific Ocean. These are relatively rural and sparsely populated, the main resource being fish ...

(3 pages) 17 0 4.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Write a research on Japan's physical geography and Topography, including: Human use of and interactions with the land, Japan's environmental issues.

he acid rain, acid soil, and the water pollution.The island of Japan is located in eastern Asia and North Pacific Ocean with an area of 377,835 square kilometers. This beautiful island has more than 3 ... his island is full of forested mountains and hills, also has the coldest weather since it is in the north. The southernmost island in Japan is Kyushu. Ti is the most rugged island in Japan and has man ...

(3 pages) 45 0 4.3 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Hurricane floyd

Hurricanes are extremely large area's of low pressure that are over the ocean in either the North Atlantic ocean, or the eastern North Pacific Ocean. If a hurricane is in the western Pacific O ... eastern coast and hit states like Florida and Georgia hard. Instead Floyd decided to abruptly turn northward and seemed to weaken. Floyd had the potential to be a killer storm, but fortunately for us ...

(5 pages) 12 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Colombia

u, Brazil, and the Caribbean Sea. It is the only South American country with coastlines on both the North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. A Colombian peso is equal to 100 centavos. The total area of ...

(3 pages) 1228 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Colombia

u, Brazil, and the Caribbean Sea. It is the only South American country with coastlines on both the North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. A Colombian peso is equal to 100 centavos. The total area of ...

(3 pages) 26 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

USA

And they have shown that they can give their help to any needed country.Geography USA Is located in North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean to the east and the North Pacific Ocean (coas ... east and the North Pacific Ocean (coastline 19,924 km) to the west, between Canada (8,893 km)to the north, Mexico(3,326 km ) and Cuba (29 km) to the south. Its geographical coordinates are 38 00 N, 97 ...

(4 pages) 55 0 3.5 Feb/2008

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Panama

anama is one of the richest lands in biodiversity. It is centered between the Carribean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, below Costa Rica and above Colombia making Panama the Middle of the Americas; i ... sta Rica and above Colombia making Panama the Middle of the Americas; it is the link connecting the North and South Continents. There are over 700 offshore islands encompassing the country. The land i ...

(12 pages) 23 0 4.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Geological Features Tour; SCI 244 WIU

e going.Mount KanagaOur first stop is Mount Kanaga, on Kanaga Island in the Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific Ocean. It is one of many volcanoes along the top of the "Ring of Fire" from Alaska to ... ur to eight miles wide. It is a stratovolcano known for its fumaroles and hot springs. It is in the northern corner of Kanaga Island, and stands 4288 feet high. Having a symmetric, composite cone, Mou ...

(10 pages) 16 0 5.0 Jul/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geology & Geosciences

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

rise attack on the United States naval base on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii (which is situated in the North Pacific Ocean, 2,300 miles (3,700 km) from the mainland of the United States.), against the U. ... got on a fast economic, political, and military development to reach equality with the European and North American countries in terms of power. Part of this strategy included extending territorial and ...

(7 pages) 18 0 0.0 Sep/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

absorbed by plankton. So much plastic has taken over our oceans, in fact, that in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean, there is a gathering of plastic, debris and toxins twice the size of Texas (Cas ... litter they found per square kilometer of seabed, there would be approximately 600,000 tons in the North Sea alone (Kostigen, 2008). Captain Charles Moore from the Algalita Marine Research foundation ...

(4 pages) 13 0 3.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Mexico Demographics and Cultures

ca, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US" (CIA World Fact book, 2008). The capital of Mexic ...

(3 pages) 20 0 3.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays