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The Copper Basin of southeastern Tennessee is an area that is climatically unique with a rich history rooted in copper mining. It is thought that man is responsible for the total destruction of the environment over this large area, but it is mostly contributed to the exclusive location. The Copper Basin was susceptible to negative environmental effects due to its topographical, geological, climatic, edaphic, and meteorological location. However, the copper mining had a transformative effect on the

The Atchafalaya Basin is the nation's largest river swamp, containing almost one million acres of America's most significant bottomland hardwoods, swamps, bayous, and backwater lakes. The basin begins near Simmesport, La., and stretches 140 miles southward to the Gulf of Mexico. Currently, the Atchafalaya Basin is bound by natural ridges formed by levee building along active and abandoned courses of the Mississippi River. Estimates show that close to 22 million pounds of crawfish is commercially

4. The Klamath Basin as a Case Study of collaborative management Other case studies reviewed in this paper are about rural communities in the midst of environmental occurring in specific material places. The Klamath Basin differs in many respects because water has its own set of legal precedents which are different than those of public lands, and the Klamath Basin is home to many heterogeneous communities. The specific guiding research questions for this research are: 1. What are the perceptions

Introduction (background information, purpose of the plan(sustainable basin balance),SDL,wentworth group. SDL: sustainable division limits The purpose of this report is to evaluate the Murray Darling Basin Authority's Basin Plan (MDBA Basin Plan) revised in 2012 and the recommendations made by Wentworth Group as well as the comments made by regional industry and development groups and state governments. The previous version of this plan (the one released in 2010) has not met the its targets and has

Mansour et al., 1993; Thorweihe and Schandelmeier, 1993; Issawi, 1999). The two major units of the aquifer, the Kufra Basin (Libya, northeastern Chad and northwestern Sudan) and the Dakhla Basin (Egypt) (Fig. 1), have undergone different geological developments. Formation of the Kufra Basin began in the Early Paleozoic, and was complete at the end of the Lower Cretaceous. The Dakhla Basin was presumably formed at the beginning of the Cretaceous (at least its southern portion). In addition to the geological

deformation features in Australia and Northern Carnarvon Basin. In Northern Carnarvon Basin, several sub-basins and Plateaus are separated by northwest oriented faults and basement highs. Cape Range Fracture Zone (CRFZ) separates the west side of Exmouth Plateau, the Long Island Fault System separates the southern boundary of Barrow Sub-Basin and Sultan Nose uplift separates the Barrow from Dumpier Sub-Basin (DAIM, 1998). During middle Palaeozoic, basin started extending to northeast direction and deformation

sub-tributaries in Brazos River basin watershed, the most important being Leon River, a tributary of the Little River. The most prevalent cities in the Brazos River basin are Lubbock, Graham, Waco, Temple, Belton, Bryan, college station, Abilene, Freeport and Galveston with the major metropolitan cities of Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and Houston lying just outside the watershed boundaries (Brazos river authority water school, 2011). The climate throughout Brazos River basin ranges from temperate to subtropical

Darrell Pace AP Biology 27 April 2016 History of the beginning making of the Atchafalaya Basin from the Mississippi River By: Laison Stubbs Research Paper A basin called the Atchafalaya lays three hundred miles up the Mississippi River. It is above New Orleans and north of Baton Rouge. This bay is where most ships drop out of the water in Louisiana. Due to the location of this bay being in Louisiana, it is known as a Cajun territory, “The adjacent terrain is Cajun country, in a geographical sense

The Mediterranean Basin experienced many political and cultural changes from the 8th century BC to the 5th century CE. First, religious views in the Roman Empire that spread throughout the Mediterranean changed from polytheism to monotheism over time because people were unsatisfied with the lack of spiritual passion in their current beliefs. Second, political structures and forms of government changed from independent city states and republics to empires due to expanding political entities, trade

There are a lot of strategies that could be used to help maintain the Congo Basin rainforest. But, I believe that, "Providing education on effective farming methods and resource conservation," is needed to conserve the resources of the rainforest. I think this because it will give the people that live in the rainforest more trading opportunities and it will reduce how many trees are cut down because they will not have to cut down more trees for more usable soil. Passage B says, "However, every