Essays Tagged: "Gulf of Mexico"
This essay describes the economic activity and the history of Pinellas county Florida.
's peninsula. In the region called the Coastal Lowlands. It is bordered by two bodies of water, The Gulf of Mexico on the west coast and Tampa Bay on the southern and eastern coasts. Only two counties ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Mexico
ates of America; on the south by Belize and Guatemala; on the east by the United States of America, Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.牋牋牋 ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
The House Of My Dreams - an essay with notes that illustrates both how such a paper might be outlined and the finished product after composition
I would begin to design my dream house. I would build it on the barrier Island, Perdido Key, on the Gulf of Mexico in Northwest Florida to take advantage of warm winters and mild summers.I would build ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Similarities and Differences between English and Spanish New World Colonies
t based upon the surrounding environment.Spain focused its exploration on the lands surrounding the Gulf of Mexico, and the Pacific link on the Western coast of South America. Like the English, the in ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
The life of Sir Francis Drake.
led by a kinsman of Drake, the English navigator Sir John Hawkins, on a slave-trading voyage in the Gulf of Mexico. Only two ships of the expedition were lost when the Spanish attacked them. In 1570 a ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Tornadoes.
weather conditions, but here in tornado alley we can blame the Rocky Mountains to the west and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Cold air comes off the Rocky's and meets warm air from the Gulf. The col ...
Subjects: Science Essays
Kings highway history.
new lands", the land that has become Texas was explored and settled first from the coastline on the Gulf of Mexico and then overland from both East and West by treasure-seekers, the clergy, the milita ... er exploring the Mississippi River and received permission to colonize the area of the mouth on the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, he ended up in Texas and died there in 1687-88.For Fray Damien, the dream o ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
MISSISSIPPI "Magnolia state" Dec. 10, 1817
the United States, bordered on the north by Tennessee, on the east by Alabama, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana, and on the west by Louisiana and Arkansas. The Mississippi River forms ... ulation: 2,844,658Governor: 4-year term.Physical Geography: Most of Mississippi is part of the East Gulf Coastal Plain, and the rest of the state is made up of a section of the Mississippi Alluvial Pl ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Mexico
oltec, and Aztec.The Olmecs lived in the humid lowlands of southern Vera Cruz and Tabasco along the Gulf of Mexico. The word Olmec means "the dweller in the land of rubber". The Olmecs were great scul ... abor to build the pyramids.There are many famous beach resorts along both the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Some of the most famous are Puerto Vallarta, Cancun, Acapulco, and Mazatlan. There a ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Mexico, history, political structure, biography included
orm.GEOGRAPHYThe United Mexican States, Middle America, 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. M ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Mardi Gras
since the Middle Ages, where it was a major holiday. Iberville, a French explorer, sailed into the Gulf of Mexico, from where he launched an expedition up the Mississippi River. On March 3 of 1699, I ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Essay on a descriptive place you have visited. Using explicit amounts of detail and long, grammar filled sentences
the only place I am truly happy and relaxed. During the day I swim; I feel the warmth of the Gulf of Mexico surrounding me, and I just lay in the ocean, letting its depth take me over and relax ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
International Business
er of the United States where they are divided by the Rio Grande River. The east is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico, while the west coast borders the Pacific Ocean. Mexico is three times the size of th ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
State of Louisiana 2004 CAFR Final Report.
nd also new information on Louisiana financial statements. The State of Louisiana is located on the Gulf of Mexico and is bounded by Arkansas, Texas and Mississippi. Louisiana serves a population of 4 ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
The French Role in Arkansas.
hey were not successful in finding the route. They found that the Mississippi River led down to the Gulf of Mexico. However, the two explorers did stop in an Indian village near what is present day He ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Gasoline - Supply, Demand, and Cost
nges for us? Last week Hurricane Katrina did just that; Hurricane Katrina dramatically impacted the Gulf of Mexico where several refineries were disrupted and several ports were closed that were depen ... umer to purchase that product. The price of oil went up considerably when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf coast. By having the oil disruption in the Gulf area disrupted as well as the oil in the Iraq m ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges
The Mississippi River.
a in the Minnesota North Woods, through the mid-continent United States. The Mississippi enters the Gulf of Mexico about 160km downstream from New Orleans, through a 26, 150-sq km delta.The Mississipp ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
What makes a topic worth studying?
ting ill is very big. There were scientists who actually predicted there will be a big storm in the Gulf of Mexico around the time it really did happen. Even though their job is dealing with nature, n ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
The Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia, "The Dead Zone"
because of an increase in activities by humans (Diaz and Rosenberg 1995). The northern part of the Gulf of Mexico contains the second largest coastal hypoxia in the world. This region is often called ... trophic reactions, and food webs (Vitousek et al. 1997).Although the hypoxic region in the northern Gulf has been under observance since 1985, records showing the presence of hypoxia have been around ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
Cargo Possession Dispute: Saudi Aramco vs. AMEX (Hypothetical case)
r departs from Saudi Aramco terminal and starts a voyage to AMEX refinery in Galveston, Texas in US Gulf of Mexico. Just after loading is completed and oil has passed the loading flanges of the ship ( ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases