Unit 2 vocabulary !. Golan heights-A region between Syria and Israel, northeast of the Sea of Galilee. Formerly under Syrian control, the area was occupied by Israel in. 2.wadis- (in certain Arabic-speaking countries) A valley, ravine, or channel that is dry except in the rainy season. Arabian peninsula- a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources.
Take Test: AF - Africa Unit Exam Question 1 Somalia is located on the coast of Africa, east of Ethiopia. True False Question 2 The Sahara Desert region is not lush in vegetation, except in the Nile Valley basin. True False Question 3 The equator runs through the countries of Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia. True False Question 4 Desertification is the degradation of land in arid and dry sub-humid areas, but is not occurring in Africa yet. True False Question 5 Lake Victoria is the huge reservoir of the New Aswan High Dam.
A. Introduction Seaford Beach is located at Seaford suburb that located 54 kilometers southeast of Melbourne’s Central Business District and faced to Port Phillip Bay (Figure 1) with extreme low relief which is lower than 9 meters (National Committee on Soil and Terrain, 2009). Figure 1. Distance between Melbourne Centre and Seaford suburb There are four different points with different landform pattern according to influence of surrounding area. (Figure 2).
These tremendous flows erupted between 17-6 million years ago. Most of the lava flooded out in the first 1.5 million years -- an extraordinarily short time for such an outpouring of molten rock. The Columbia plateau formed between 6 million and 16 million years ago as the result of successive flows of
These are the voyage of the Nubian rulers of Egypt in 712-664b.c. and another voyage which was made by a Mandingo emperor of Mali, known as Abu-Bakari II in A.D.1311. The first of these two voyages was explained to have travelled from the Nile delta, across the Mediterranean reaching the coast of North Africa where it was carried by a current that sent it across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. The second of these voyages was to believe to have taken off from an unknown location. However it is believed to have travelled from the western coast of Africa along the Atlantic up into the Gulf of Mexico.
The ironic thing is that the lowest point in N. America is only 84.5 miles East, South-East of Mount Whitney, which coincidently is the highest point in the Contiguous U.S. Death Valley also holds the highest reliable temperature in the Western hemisphere at 134 degrees hich was recorded 1913. Death Valley has a long and complex history of metamorphism, sedimentary deposits, and igneous intrusions throughout its history. The oldest rocks at Death Valley are from the early Proterozoic era during the Precambrian Eon. The basement rocks that are found here are a complex mix of metamorphosed sedimentary and igneous rocks. They are believed to be no older than 1.8 Billion years old (which are the oldest known rocks in the area).
Humberstone’s population of 3,700 have left and it is now empty. The mining was successful for around 50 years, and made up the majority of income for the desert towns. However, the dangers of mining in deserts were highlighted in 2010 when a group of miners were trapped underground for months. The mining also destroys the desert environment and the empty villages now spoil the landscape. In Australia uranium mining is becoming increasingly important.
Sestos was an Ancient Greek polis located on the Thracian Chersonese; it was situated at the narrowest point of the Hellespont, directly opposite the city of Abydos. Today, the ruins of Sestos are located near the Turkish town of Eceabat. Sestos was an Aeolian colony as it was founded by settlers from Lesbos some time during the 7th century BC (Herodotus 9.115). The city of Sestos was the fortress of the Hellespont region, “with a hilltop citadel whose walls ran down to flank the best harbour of the region” (Brody, Murray & Sacks 2005, p309). Sestos was home to Hero from the Byzantine myth ‘Hero and Leander’ (Cramer 1828, p328).
Deserts however can become cold at night or be cold almost all the time like the Atacama Desert which is off the coast of Peru. Deserts do not get much precipitation; the amount they get is not enough to support growth of most plants you see in other places. Deserts usually receive less than 10 inches of rainfall a year. This means that the land is very dry and barren and more water evaporates than is produced. Glacial regions on the other hand have lots of water usually in the form of ice.
The Location of Chaco Canyon consists of a shallow ten-mile canyon cited in the northwest corner of New Mexico. Seventy miles from the nearest town and accessible only by washboard dirt roads, it's remote by today's standards. The canyon itself has been carved from ancient sea beds by centuries of erosion. Millions of years of history reveal themselves in the layers of rock and the fossils embedded therein. The location stands at the approximate elevation of 6,200 feet.