Geography Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (196) essays
Geography essays:
The Importance of Caves
... caves, also known as karst topography, have attracted hundreds of serious cavers from Canada and abroad and are what help make our Island unique. Caves are used for recreational purposes, physical processes, and environmental habitats. Caving on Vancouver Island has been attracting many tourists ...
Coastal Proccesses
... particles of rock are dissolved by the sea and carried away in solution. Hydraulic Action - When a wave pounds rocks air is trapped in cracks. When the waves retreat the air expands violently and breaks up bits of rock. Transportation - Pieces of rock worn away by erosion are carried along the coast ...
Mount Pinatubo, the volcano itself.
... twentieth century took place on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, only 90 kilometres (55 miles) northwest of the capital city, Manila. Up to 800 people were killed and 100,000 became homeless ...
Living on the plate margins
... volcanoes. There are three main types of plate margins: - Spreading Boundaries There are two types of spreading boundary Ridges, where new rock is formed, pushing the plates apart, and Rift, where the plates pull apart, and the earth between them sinks. On the ocean floor ...
Geography still matters in a global world, Critically discuss.
Geography still matters in a global world, Critically discuss. Globalization exist because of the local processes. In reality we need to understand the physical arrangements of places around the world. We also need to understand the social process and economic processes of different places and the ...
The Great Barrier Reef
... tourist attraction because of its warm climate, sandy beaches, colourful wildlife, tropical islands and ideal conditions for water sports. Location and size The Great Barrier Reef stretches ...
Lava flows
... of water or water enters a lava tube , the water may boil violently and cause an explosive shower of molten spatter over a wide area. ... can bury homes and agricultural land under tens of meters of hardened black rock; landmarks and property lines become obscured by a vast, new hummocky landscape. ...
Ural Mountains
... permafrost. Farther south come the Northern Urals, which stretch for more than 340 miles to the Usa River in the south; most mountains ... rich in mineral resources. Ore deposits for example notably Magnetite, predominate the Eastern slope, where contact deposits are found, as at Vysokogorsk and ...
Mexico
... Ocean. 牋牋牋牋Mexico's borders stretch approximately 1,958,201 square kilometers or 756,066 square miles. That figure includes 5,363 square kilometers or 2,071 square miles of outlying islands. From north to south its longest distance is 1,250 miles ... Canada ...
All about deforestation. - by Laura Aberle.
... be eroded easily and there will be more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Besides these harmful effects, destroying the rainforests destroy ... cuttings down of trees have resulted in severe deforestation, soil erosion, poor catchments management and severe land degradation on steeply sloping ... centuries ...