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    currently reside and because of all the advantages that come with starting a business here. Dubai is the most popular city and the second largest emirate in the UAE. It is located on the Southeast coast of the Persian Gulf and has also become a global city and a business hub of the Persian Gulf region. Some of the advantages that come with doing business in the UAE are: There is no tax on income, it has ultramodern infrastructure; there is a very stable banking system and there are easy connections to

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    plains of Mesopotamia. The peculiarity of the geological structure African platform. Red Sea and Syrian graben deeply lowered the northern section of the East African Rift Valley. The eastern part foredeeps Alpine age Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf. The peculiarity of nature with features of the climate. Dominated continental tropical air mass. The high average annual temperatures, little rainfall - so dominated by semi-desert and desert. The oldest centers of civilization, the center of Arab

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    1. Geographical Position: Bhavnagar has situated 228 km from the state capital Gandhinagar and to the west of Gulf of Khambhat. Bhavnagar is a coastal city on the eastern coast of Saurashtra (Gujarat state, India), also known as Gohilvad and cultural capital of Saurashtra located at 21°46′ N 72°09′ E and 21.77° N 72.15° E and study area Bhandaria is located at 21° 23' 18" N, 72° 19' 29" E. Bhavnagar district covers an area of over 8334 sq. km. It has an average elevation of 24 meters (78 ft). Bhavnagar

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    Name of major natural system: Beach Dune. Location of major natural system: In Florida, these are primarily located continuously along the Atlantic coast from the state line- south to Cape Florida, Miami-Dade County, and on the Gulf coast of the peninsula from Anclote Key, Pasco County, south to Cape Romano, and Collier County (Florida Natural Areas Inventory, n.d.a.). Furthermore, counties where beaches are discontinuous, we are able to see two additional sites in the Florida Keys, four sites

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    rocks for the boundary of the island. Once the sand was dry and set around the permanent support rods, they placed concrete armor units around the island to disperse the impact of the waves crashing into the side of the structure. No one else in the gulf has ever has ever made this type of structure before. They placed 250, 1.5 meter wide by 45 meter long piles into the structure and sea bed for the main support. The interior of the island was excavated and a 2 in thick concrete wall was placed around

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    On August 29, 2005, hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana as a category three storm and brought with it some of the most catastrophic effects that any hurricane has ever left behind. Twenty foot surges of flood water washed into New Orleans after the levees broke, and ended up flooding over 80% of the city. It was now in the hands of the United States government to help the millions of displaced Americans find proper shelter, food, water, and services that were required for their recovery

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    Globalization has, from the late twentieth century, led nations and their borders to be called into questions. Populations, often driven by their youths, now have instant access to information on everything that happened around the world. Meanwhile, and because of this globalization, states have been forced to open up to the world and to free their borders to facilitate exchanges. Therefore, people began to feel less constrained by their nationality and became what is often referred to as "citizens

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    Environment, a term used to describe the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. Major environmental problems plaguing Louisiana include flooding, but also pollution and wetland loss. Presently, Louisiana and the city of Baton Rouge are dealing with dangerous flood levels. According to (Yan et al., 2016), a Red Cross member stated that “the catastrophic flooding in Louisiana is the worst natural disaster to strike the United States since Hurricane Sandy

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    The year I was born was march 19, 2001 this my name was Cameron price. This was a very significant year for the United States because of the terrorist attacks this brought people closer. In that happened in Florida where I was born was hurricane Gabrielle. This was a very tragic hurricane that happened in Florida and newfoundland. Hurricane Gabrielle was a North Atlantic hurricane that caused flooding in both Florida and Newfoundland in September 2001. They had 80 mile per hour winds lowest pressure

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    Hurricane Katrina Is one of the costliest and deadliest hurricane that has approached the united states. It started as a tropical depression in the Bahamas. The interaction of a tropical wave is how hurricane Katrine was born. Hurricane Katrina hit the New Orleans august 2005, leaving major damages to the large city, to this day the city is still making repairs. Many have lost their homes, businesses, and worst loved ones from this devastating natural disaster. Shelton alexander is from New Orleans

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