Essays Tagged: "tributaries"

Lincoln, the capital of the Cornhusker State, Nebraska

Omaha. It lies in a shallow basin about 1,160 feet (355 meters) above sea level. Salt Creek and its tributaries thread through the basin. Lincoln serves as a center for educational, cultural, and reli ...

(2 pages) 57 0 4.5 Feb/1997

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Commercial Fish Stock in Trouble North Pacific Sockeye Salmon

rsheds in the world. In the early 1800s, salmon were abundant along thelength of the Fraser and its tributaries. Aboriginal communities used as much salmon as they wantedwithout jeopardizing the stock ... sockeye at the beginning of the four-year cycle.The salmon returning to their spawning beds on the tributaries of the Fraser River are categorizedinto four runs: Early Stuart, Early Summer, Summer an ...

(10 pages) 124 0 3.5 Jan/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

The Aztec's Information rundown.

nder the yoke of the Culhuacan, and the Aztecs were allowed to stay on the land only if they became tributaries, the equivalent of European vassals.Shortly after, war broke out between the Aztecs and ...

(2 pages) 135 3 4.2 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

This essay is about the ganges river,its history, and how it is sacred to the hindus.

anteed a place in paradise. This river also provides nutrients for the farms it passes through. The tributariesof the Ganges supports about 300 million people. Many of these people do not even know th ...

(2 pages) 43 1 4.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Research on the Maidu Indian Tribe to better understand their creation stories and the role these myths played in their society.

ple" in their native language of Penutian. The Maidu lived in California, along various streams and tributaries in the Sacramento Valley and the surrounding foothills. Some were based by the Feather R ...

(3 pages) 27 0 2.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Brazilian Rainforest Deforestation, what it's effecting and how much longer it will be around

one of the longest in the world, second only to the Nile River in Africa. Seventeen of the Amazon's tributaries are over 1,000 miles long. At some places the river is 300 miles across and it is so dee ...

(9 pages) 189 0 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Brazil

ies. Most of the northern part of Brazil is low-lying and veined by the mighty Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon is the largest river in the world. The native peoples of Brazil lived in the ...

(11 pages) 195 0 4.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Is Brazil Developed? Judge for yourselves.

the world, and the Amazon Basin is the largest River Basin the world. The River and over a thousand tributaries drain an area of 6,150,000km" and carry one fifth of the world's fresh water out to sea. ...

(17 pages) 270 1 3.7 May/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The History of Syria, with the important turning points of this country regarding to the Middle East.

on and Israel.Syria has access to major source of water: the Euphrates and Orontes Rivers and their tributaries.EconomyA warm climate and a rainy season from November until April enhance Syria's agric ...

(3 pages) 29 0 3.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History

Describe the evidence that exists to show both positive and negative sea level change? (13)

Galicia e.g. Ria de Pontevedra. They are formed by the drowning of lower reaches of a river and its tributaries. This occurred during the Holocene period, where many coastlines developed ria systems. ...

(2 pages) 2283 0 3.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

"Aliso Creek"

na Beach. The pollution has escalated with the rapid urban development along the creek and its many tributaries. These pollutants have caused much harm to beachgoers, marine and aquatic life, a ...

(5 pages) 1238 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Ecosystem Structure- Resource shortage.

the area. When the spring months come the snow then melts and fills the rivers, streams, lakes and tributaries.In recent decades, the temperatures in these areas have been extremely warm. With these ...

(2 pages) 23 0 2.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Non-employment Conflict Management

IdentificationsDam Builders has a contract to build additional dams along the Wamayo River and its tributaries in the Wamayo River Basin. According to Simulation (2010), the dams will be used to gene ... Basin project for the waterways to protect the salmon species, which involves allocating sufficient tributaries for the habitants of salmon. If the allocation tributaries are balanced, it will help in ...

(10 pages) 66 0 0.0 Jul/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers