Geography Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (196) essays
Geography essays:
Earthquakes
... earthquakes, In 1906 a Earthquake happened in San Francisco California which measured 7.8 on the richter scale. This earthquake was devastating to the city, mainly due to fires caused by broken natural gas lines, which could not be put out because all the water mains were broken and firemen ...
The Alaskan Highway Pipeline Project.
... 48 states. This "non visible" pipeline is suggested to run from Prudhoe Bay where it would parallel the road to Fairbanks, follow the Alaska Highway corridor through the Yukon Territory and continue across northeast British Columbia and on into Alberta heading south where it would cross the border ...
The five Themes in Geography
... landmark publication entitled 'Guidelines for Geographic Education'. This document contained a scope and sequence in Geography with suggested learning results for the nations primary and secondary school systems, as well as suggested educational strategies for analysis on the part of the ...
"North Sydney, NS: A Primary Aspect Defining Our Livlihood"
... and answered with the CNR's call for construction of the MV William Carson. Built in 1954, this vessel was designed for the purpose of transporting freight well as passengers from the North Sydney port, 280 miles to Argentia (Figure 1) while the Port Aux Basques station ...
Physical Geography Assignment .
... Moon Bay and San Francisco. They located close to the Pacific Ocean and have almost the same precipitation and temperature, although the difference between elevation is 40 ft. The other comparison is related to the precipitation of these cities. The highest precipitation belongs to Woodside and Half ...
The Ozone hole,what causes the hole, what are some of the effects that it has on humans and animals,and what is being done to try in slow down the process.
... developed in the early 1930s for a variety of industrial and commercial applications, but it was not until the 1970s that these and other chlorine-containing substances were suspected of having the potential to destroy atmospheric ozone (Haas 2001). In 1985 a team of British researchers ...
Missouri
... disasters threaten public safety in any city, county or region of Missouri. SEMA responds to two types of disasters - natural and manmade. Natural disasters are major snow and/or ice storms, floods, tornadoes and/or severe weather, as well as the threat of a serious earthquake ...
Most Desirable Region to Live in
... Houston is where the oil-refining industry is most productive. San Antonio is among the South Texas Plains. Here the land is low and level. Ranchers are found in South Texas. San Antonio is the largest city in the South Plains. The subregion of Texas from San Antonio to the Red River is the Post Oak ...
Volcanoes and People: There is another submitted essay that was posted by me that had not been correctly pasted. Here is the full essay. It discusses Volcanoes, the effect on people and vica verca.
... and devastation in the short term. Some of the bad ways are that houses, buildings, roads, and fields can get covered with ash. As long as you can get the ash off, your house may not collapse, but often the people leave because of the ash and ...
The Agricultural Revoltion.
... and teachers. Monetary systems were soon developed and the concept of personal territory was reinforced. The more territory a person or people had the more food and surpluses they could expect. Also a new development was created from this concept. The act of taking the ...