Essays Tagged: "square kilometres"

Australia and the Great Barrier Reef

e Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, the world's largest marine park. It has an area of nearly 350 000 square kilometres. The reef region is 260 000 square kilometres. The reef region is a popular touris ... nger than 2000 kilometres and consists of nearly 3000 different reefs. An average reef is about 110 square kilometres in area. The area that The Great Barrier Reef lies in has relatively shallow water ...

(2 pages) 84 0 3.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The Great Barrier Reef

e Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, the world's largest marine park. It has an area of nearly 350 000 square kilometres. The reef region is 260 000 square kilometres. The reef region is a popular touris ... nger than 2000 kilometres and consists of nearly 3000 different reefs. An average reef is about 110 square kilometres in area. The area that The Great Barrier Reef lies in has relatively shallow water ...

(2 pages) 64 1 3.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Investing in Canada

vestment in Canada.Canada is the second largest country in the world, occupying close to 10 million square kilometres of land bounded by the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans. Canada shares a 6,000 ...

(9 pages) 195 0 3.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Comparing the Maldives to Australia. size, government, culture, food, etc.

untries.The size of the Maldives and Australia vary greatly. The area of the Maldives is a tiny 300 square kilometres, whereas Australia is a much bigger 7 686 850 square kilometres. The Australian co ...

(2 pages) 54 0 3.5 Feb/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Denmark and a Comparison with the Czech Republic.

1 and 2002.Contrary to the Czech Republic, Denmark is a constitutional monarchy and with its 43,094 square kilometres and 5.37m inhabitants (excluding the Faeroe Islands and Greenland) is smaller than ...

(8 pages) 71 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The Murray Darling Basin.

om Goolwa in Southern Australia to Tenterfield in eastern NSW. It covers an area of over 1 million square kilometres. The Murray Darling Basin is a system comprising of over 20 major rivers, about 3 ... l die and hundreds of habitats will be destroyed. If neither problems are resolved soon the million square kilometres of the Murray- Darling Basin that have been used for 40 000 will be destroyed, and ...

(5 pages) 36 0 3.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Developing Nations in Africa - Rwanda

and also borders the countries of Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda. The countries' total area is 26,338 square kilometres and is landlocked, which means it does not border the sea.In 1959, the majority et ...

(2 pages) 67 0 3.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Terrorist suspects held in Guantánamo Bay

m Cuba pursuant to a 1903 lease agreement. One of Cuba's best ports, Gtmo occupies an area of 117.6 square kilometres (larger than Manhattan Island) for which the United States used to pay an annuity ...

(10 pages) 175 1 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Comparing Economies: Germany vs Australia

rope with a population of 82.4 million at last estimate in July of 2003, and a land area of 357,021 square kilometres. Germany is classified as a mixed market economy, with most of the decisions left ... n the south pacific with a population of 20 million at most recent estimate and a land area of 7682 square kilometres. Australia is also classified as a mixed market economy thanks to its free market ...

(5 pages) 97 0 3.2 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Kakaud National Park History

t in Australia's social and cultural history.Kakadu is Australia's largest National Park, at 19,804 square kilometres. Legally it is Aboriginal land, leased to the Commonwealth Government since 1979. ...

(4 pages) 49 2 4.5 Jul/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

TOURISM IN PACIFIC ASIA

d guests.ENVIRONMENTSThe Cook Islands are a nation comprising of 15 islands spread over 2.2 million square kilometres of ocean in a hurricane zone in the South Pacific. (Douglas. N & N. 1987, http ... or the government to look at other industries such as Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of some 242,000 square kilometres the industry is potentially an economic giant. Each square metre of sea floor is c ...

(14 pages) 61 0 4.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

The World's Least Liveable Countries: Yemen - A report on how its infrastructure, geography, culture effect it's economy and solutions to the limitations.

[ My teacher was kind of a sap, that explans the ridiculously high mark ]Yemen is 527,970 square kilometres in area, approximately 9.5% of that land is arable. Yemen has no bodies of water w ... rrigation is used to supply water to increase the amount of arable land to just over fifty thousand square kilometres. This is not enough to have a sizable agricultural sector in the economy. The Red ...

(6 pages) 29 0 0.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

The Effects of the 2004 Tsunami.

eatest natural disaster of our time, killing more than 300,000 people and overwhelming thousands of square kilometres of land. Its waves reached the astounding height of 30 meters.Indonesia suffered t ...

(5 pages) 61 0 3.8 Nov/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Land Degradation In Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

olutions to the problem.INTRODUCTION The Murray-Darling Basin, which covers an area of 1.06 million square kilometres, equivalent to one-third of the total area of Australia, plays a very important ro ...

(9 pages) 20 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Land mines in Cambodia

ren, and those children who are victims are more likely to be seriously injured. An estimated 4,446 square kilometres are contaminated by mines putting 5180000 million people in 6,422 villages at risk ... for example mine clearance increased by 63 percent which amounted to a total de-mined area of 30.9 square kilometres CMAC clearing 22.1 square kilometres of that alone. The bulk of the de-mined land ...

(9 pages) 26 0 4.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Finland

has been taking place since the last ice age, the surface area of the country is growing by about 7 square kilometres (2.7 square miles) a year.The distance from the most Southern point - Hanko - to t ... and in the pre-Christmas season (November and December). Business locations that have less than 400 square metres of floor space are allowed Sunday business throughout the year, with the exception of ...

(18 pages) 41 0 0.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers

What causes flooding?

cent to streams and rivers. In the flat inland regions of Australia, floods may spread thousands of square kilometres and last several weeks, with flood warnings sometimes issued months in advance. In ...

(3 pages) 13 0 2.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences