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Mountain Gorilla Fossey
1,035 wordsThe mountain gorilla was first discovered roaming the Virunga Volcanoes in Rwanda (von Beringe, 2002, p. 9). German Captain Robert von Beringe and his African soldiers stumbled upon two mountain gorillas around the volcanic region on October 17, 1902 (von Beringe, 2002, p. 9). Von Beringe captured and killed one of them and sent the body to the Zoological Museum in Berlin, Germany. Professor Paul Mats chie, who worked with the museum, identified the gorilla as a new class and named it after its ...
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Lions The Ghost And The Darkness
411 wordsThe Ghost and the Darkness The movie that I just watched, The Ghost and the Darkness, is set on the T savo River in Uganda. The International Movie Database offered no actual filming location, and I was not in the class viewing to obtain it. Uganda is located in eastern Africa and is a fertile land of upland plateaus and mountains (WRA). The country has an equatorial climate that is moderated by its altitude as well as the influence of Lake Victoria (WRA). Tourist visitors to Uganda are mainly r...
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Adult Lady Beetles
1,126 wordsThe Lady Beetle. Lady beetles, often called Ladybugs or coccinellids, are the most commonly known of all beneficial insects. Both adults and larvae feed on many different kinds of soft-bodied insects with aphids being their main food source. Farmers and even some small household garden owners often buy them in bulk and release them in there gardens. Ohioans like lady beetles so much that the Convergent Lady Beetle became the official state insect in 1975. Adult lady beetles are domed shaped, ova...
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Road On The Side Of Chariot Mountain
1,751 wordsThe Lassitor Hay Road Road Building has been around from the dawn of the wheel and the need to transport commerce between people and cultures. Some of the roads are long gone; some are in use still today. The Native Americans were not without networks of trails to transport goods between tribes. One of these trails for a moment in time became the link between San Diego and the country to the east. Coming to San Diego from the east we think of as relatively easy today but for the early travelers ...
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Area Of The Mountain
834 wordsSnow in the desert. Pine trees among the cactus. There are thunderstorms that you can see and hear but not feel. Your emotions run through your veins like your blood after a marathon. If there is another place like it in the world, I don't know where it could be. The Santa Catalina Mountains in Tucson Arizona are the Mount Sinai of the United States. Specifically, Mount Lemmon. Your journey begins at the base of the Catalina Mountains just past the aptly named, "Bear Canyon Road". Once you reach...
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8 3 Of Canada's Land Area
2,164 wordsCanada Canada, is the world's second largest country and it is the largest country in the Western Hemisphere. It comprises all of the North American continent north of the United States, with the exclusion of Alaska, Greenland, and the tiny French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. Its most easterly point is Cape Spear, Newfoundland and its western limit is Mount St. Elias in the Yukon Territory, near the Alaskan border. The southernmost point is Middle Island, in Lake Erie and the northern tip...
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Border Poland
290 wordsGeography Of Poland Poland is one of the largest countries in Central Europe. Poland can be divided broadly into three regions the lowland, the highlands, and the mountains. Poland was formed by the of Ice Age glaciers. Its land area total 312,677 miles. The distance from the east to the west is 680 km. The southern part of the country is filled with mountains and hills. From the north tot the south is 790 km. Moutain that border Poland are Sudeten Mountains in the Southwest, Carpathian Mountain...
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Region Of The Pacific Northwest
2,251 wordsAssignment #1 Question #1 A) How is a region defined? A region can be defined by its' geography, industry, or culture. For example the Bible belt is a cultural region; Silicon Valley is an industrial region, and the Plains States form a region defined by the geography and agriculture both. B) What Unifying forces define the Northwest? The region of the Pacific Northwest is defined as a Hinterland replete with a wide array of natural resources. The treasures found in the natural beauty of the Nor...
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Historic Areas Of Old Castile And Le
310 wordsCastile and Le " on (Spanish: Castilla y Le " on), within the historic areas of Old Castile and Le " on, is an autonomous region in north central Spain. With an area of 94,224 km 2 (36,380 mi 2) and a population of 2,484,603 (1998 est. ), the autonomous community, formed in 1983, is the largest in Spain. It encompasses the provinces of 'Avila, Burgos, Le " on, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid, and Zamora, and its capital is Valladolid. The Cantabria n Mountains rise in the norther...
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Cherokee's Inhabitancy Of Cades Cove
1,407 wordsRobyn n Mills English 102-010 McBride September 28, 1999 "Cades Cove is the dream of the Smoky Mountains". This statement was made by the Reverend Isaac P. Martin after his first visit to the Cove. He describes the Cove as one "which nestles there among the crests of the great mountains". He goes on to say, "I had never seen anything quite so beautiful". (Wise 151). Apart from the views expressed so clearly by Isaac Martin, Cades Cove is also considered by many others to be one of the most attra...
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Desert And Mountain Soils Of Dry Asia
4,903 wordsAsia is the Asia Asia Asia is the largest of all the continents and includes within its limits an area of 17,159,995 sq mi, or about 33% of the world's total land surface and the greater part of the Eurasian land mass. The border between Europe is traditionally drawn as an imaginary zigzag line passing down the spine of the Ural Mountains and through the Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains, and Black Sea. The boundary dividing Asia and Africa is generally placed along the Suez Canal, and the boundar...
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