Chisholm Trail
.... for the cattle drives north, realizing the great
opportunity for a large profit if they could reach the railroads in Abilene,
Kansas.
Joseph McCoy, a stock dealer from Springfield, Illinois, decided a new
trail was necessary west of the farms. In 1867, he chose a route that would
reach Abilene and the railroads with the least amount of problems. This route
was to become well-known as the Chisholm Trail.
Jesse Chisholm was a half-breed, a Scotch Cherokee Indian trader, who in
1866 drove a wagon through the Indian territory, known now as Oklahoma, to the
Wichita, Kansas, where he had a trading post. Cattlemen u .....
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The Colorado River
.... cities and towns were
already established. Trails, roads, and railroads linked several areas with
neighboring regions. Although the Colorado River drainage system was still not
integrated. In the mid 1900's many dams had been built to harness and use the
water. A new phase of development occurred at the end of the second World War.
There was a large emphasis on recreation, tourism, and environmental
preservation.
The terrain of the Colorado River is very unique. It consists of Wet
Upper Slopes, Irregular Transition Plains and Hills, Deep Canyonlands, and the
Dry Lower Plains.
Wet Upper Slopes: Consist of nume .....
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The Industrial Heartland
.... which happens to be in the middle of the Industrial
Heartland. They usually have tons of material to move so water transportation
can carry lots of material, it's cheap, but it's also slow. Another important
route in this region is the St. Lawrence Seaway, which was an significant
factor in the decision of industries to locate in this region. Other main
waterways in this region are: Ohio River, Mississippi River, New York State
Barge Canal System, New York Harbour, Philadelphia Harbour, and Baltimore
Harbour.
There is also Railway to consider for transportation. They can almost
go anywhere in this region, but the .....
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The Namib Desert
.... water that many other
animals depend on. There are many other animals that have adapted to live in
the Namib desert farther away from the rivers and streams including 45 species
of lizards and more than 200 species of beetles. The nocturnal gecko, like many
other animals, burrows in the sand to escape the days heat, 77 deg C (170 deg F).
The palmado gecko drinks the moisture that forms on its own body from the fog
and dew, as does the sidewinder snake. The sidewinder has adapted a special way
of moving in the loose sand which gives it its name. The backflip spider uses a
mixture of sand and silk to create shade to k .....
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Canada
.... covers an estimated 756 276 sq km or 7.6% of Canada. The many
rivers and lakes supply ample fresh water to meet the nation's needs for its
communities and for irrigation, agriculture, industries, transportation, and
hydroelectric power generation. Canada has four principal drainage basins: the
Atlantic Basin which drains to the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Great Lakes and
the St. Lawrence River, the Hudson Bay Basin which drains northward into Hudson
Bay via the Churchill, Nelson and Saskatchewan rivers, the Arctic Basin which is
drained by the Mackenzie River and the Pacific Basin which drains into the
Pacific Ocean via th .....
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The Problems Of Mexico City
.... Mexico City's worsening air pollution is the most dangerous problem
and health hazard presently facing the city. The air in the city is so polluted
that at times the air quality exceeds 100 times the acceptable level. Thousands
of factories and millions of vehicles are the main causes of the air pollution
in Mexico City. Mexico City has many problems at the present time, and it does
not look as if it is going to get much better in the future.
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Mt. St. Helens
.... up
around the volcano, so the volcano gets higher still. Each time the volcano
erupts, more lava, minerals and fragments are emitted. Therefore every time a
volcano erupts it erupts it gets taller, and some like Mt. St. Helens have even
become tall enough to be classed a mountain.
NB: This article originally contained pictures, elongating it and making
it better presented.
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Ural Mountains
.... including
Mount Narodnaya which reaches 6217 ft. and Mount Karpinsk Which is 6161 ft.
These first two sections are typically Alpine and are Strewn with
Glaciers and are heavily marked with permafrost. Farther south come the Northern
Urals, which stretch for more than 340 miles to the Usa River in the south; most
mountains top 3300 feet, and the highest peak, Mount Telpos-Iz, rises 5305 ft.
Many of the summits are flattened, the remnants of the ancient Peneplains
uplifted by geographically tectonic movements. In the north, intensive
weathering has resulted in vast "seas of stone" on mountain slopes and summits.
The lower Ce .....
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What Are The Main Contrasts To Be Found In Portugal?
.... its back on its greatest rival, Spain. Due to
its constant waves of invasion throughout the ages, Portugal is a vastly diverse
land, not only in geographical terms but also in terms of heritage. It is true
to say that Portugal does share a number of similarities with Spain, but it is
by no means identical. Rather it is a nation which blends Moorish influences,
British tradition and Mediterranean culture to form a truly unique land of
peoples.
When considering the diversity of a country such as Portugal, the
mention of which immediately conjures up a melange of images from North African
to Western European, from hot and balmy .....
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Australian Immigration And Its Effects
.... became the top predator and
is probably the cause of the disappearance of the Tasmanian wolf and the
Tasmanian devil from Australia. They will hunt down almost anything but they
are not known to attack humans. They will attack kangaroos, wombats, rabbits,
and even lizards. After the settlers arrived and the sheep were brought in, the
dingo started to hunt the sheep. The sheep were much easier for them to get.
As a result of this the sheep grazers built a 3,307 mile long fence to separate
the sheep from the dingo. A $20 US bounty is now placed on the pelt of each
dingo.
European immigrants did not come to Australia until af .....
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Hiking The Appalachian Trail
.... tent to sleep in at
night.
Good boots are "solid" on the bottom, so that you cant feel rocks
or stones through the soles. If you can press in the bottom of the sole
with your thumb, the soles are probably too soft to give your foot proper
protection. The top of the boot should be stiff to hold the ankle in place
and provide it with good support. While it's possible to treat non-
waterproof fabric boots with liquid silicone, it generally doesn't
waterproof the boot enough to be useful. Stick with leather boots that can
be treated with Sno-seal, beeswax solution, or other waterproofing
solutions.
Feet change over ti .....
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The Artic
.... of
certain animals.
There are many mineral deposits within the Artic Circle. In Russia: nickel,
iron ore, apatite, diamonds, gold, tin, coal, mica, and tungsten. In
Sweden: iron ore. In Greenland: lead, zinc, molybdenum and cryolite.
Spitsbergen: coal. Canada: uranium, copper, nickel, lead, zinc, tungsten
and iron ore. The digging out of minerals would inevitably disturb the
natural habitat as well as the environment there would be a great cost to
maintain the site. Industry that is designed to process various minerals
have waste products that would be most unwelcome in the Artic. A good
example of this is the pollution that .....
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