Essays Tagged: "swampy"

Persuasive essay on the merits of DDT.

million people die as a result of malaria, a disease contracted from mosquitos, which thrive in the swampy wetlands that these countries do not have the money to control. One suggested solution for th ...

(2 pages) 152 0 2.4 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Gothic setting and characters in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher".

ant and eye-like windows" (Pg. 1535). His first view of the house comes in a large pool of tarn, or swampy, dead matter, surrounding the house. The narrator, who remains nameless throughout the story, ...

(3 pages) 81 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

History of the Yellowknives native americans

on, and long, exceedingly cold winters. The vegetation and topography are varied, from mountains to swampy, coniferous forests, from high plateaus and prairies to lakes, swamps, and rivers. Vegetation ...

(5 pages) 42 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Building Rush Threatens Yarra: Mayor

holds back a reservoir that supplies Melbourne with water. The river's lower reaches were formerly swampy, but they have been reclaimed and now contain Melbourne's docks and factories. The river's na ...

(2 pages) 49 0 4.4 Jun/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Tiger Snake

y at daytime or at dusk, but in hot weather they like to hunt at night.HABITAT: Tiger snakes prefer swampy or marshy ground, where they cane hunt frogs around creeks, rivers or dams. They will come to ...

(1 pages) 22 0 2.7 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Beowulf

D there was a fierce problem in the land of Hrothgar. An immense monster named Grendel lived in the swampy fens of Hrothgars kingdom. Grendel went to a mead-hall which was built by Hrothgar, and attac ...

(1 pages) 4 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Argentina

. Also the geography is very mixed here. In the West there is coastal lowland. This area is wet and swampy in the north, a desert in the south and a flat plain along the pacific coastline. Ano ...

(2 pages) 17 0 4.6 Aug/2001

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays