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    depletion and deterioration of available water resources. Water scarcity may be caused by climate change, such as droughts or floods, increased pollution, and increased human demand and overuse of water. The vast boundless sea, the wide lake, surging rivers, magnificent glaciers, these kinds of water is dressing our human homes beautiful, bringing vitality to Earth. Can you imagine, if there is no water, the Earth would be like ? It would be a piece of withered and yellow, is dead.There is no water,

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    Conservation biologists indicate that as many as half of the Earth’s plants and animals may become endangered by the twenty-second century. Georgia has sixty-two plant and animals protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. Among these sixty-two species are the Coosawattee Crayfish , the Altamaha Spinymussel and the West Indian Manatee.These three species are on the verge of becoming extinct because of human interaction with their natural habitats. The Coosawattee Crayfish (cambarus coosawattae)

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    Water Management

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    THEME Future wars are likely to stem from a desire to control sufficient water resources. The concept of trinity revolves around water resources, water management and utilization. Water management remains pivotal to this all important source of national survival and development. The Government’s “Water Vision” is a step in the same direction. Pakistan has recently embarked upon a road of economic prosperity. The need for energy in next decade will increase manifold. Similarly, the agricultural

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    Bolsa Chica Wetlands

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    3) The full tidal basin would provide nursery habitat for the California halibut. 4) Nesting habitat for the state- and federal-listed endangered California least tern and the federal-listed threatened western snowy plover would be increased. Additionally, these areas would

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    progress as a writer is my progression 2 essay. In this essay, we were asked to use multiple sources and use them both to work together to analyze an issue relating to a river. My writing 101 class is on water, politics, and place. I wrote my essay on the Columbia River and the impacts that government policies have on the health of the river and the ecosystem surrounding it. This essay shows my progression as a writer because I worked on the writing process by writing drafts, but also shows one of my weaknesses

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    main entities: “The National Park Service (NPS), The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)” (Edwards, 2012). The primary goal of these three agencies is to avoid the tragedy of the commons by preserving the natural resources on these lands, while still exhibiting economic growth based on them. Although, the Cato Institute study conducted in 2009 revealed shortcomings in the current managed plan. It showed overgrazed BLM lands,

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    INTRODUCTION (About River Ganga) The river Ganga has a unique position in the culture of India. History reveals that the river was very important and holly because of the enormous prayers done by king Bhagirathi for the salvation of his ancestors. From past Ganga has been considered as India 's river of faith, devotion and worship. the water of the river was accepted as sacred for a large majority of Hindus in India, even today not only in India but in abroad as well the water of the river is called 'Holly

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    Beside this Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) is caused due to increasing surface run off in form of industrial wastage and major brick factory beside this coastal region. Key Words: Endogenetic movement, Estuary, Biotic component, Abiotic component, Perennial River, Pelagic fish, Turbidity. 1. Introduction: The coast line of India is around 7516 km long, spanning across 9 States, 2 Union and 2 Island territories. Out of the total length of Indian coast line, West Bengal coast line occupies a length of around

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    the Federal Emergency Management Agency when they established the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP.) The NFIP effectively reset the assessment for high risk areas to every 100 years vice 500 years. Severe floods in the United States between 1993 and 2006 resulted in further changes to how the government approaches floodplain management versus floodplain Hurricane Katrina: Analysis and Summary of Articles 4 risk. One would assume that the Great Mississippi River flood of 1993 would have

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    data points required to give way a statistically precise picture of the water body being analyzed. The chemistry and physic of either river or lake is a function of the substances that contact with either in-flowing or still water and how long been there with their exposure to the sunlight or wind. The constituents from varied sources that are entering or leaving (river/lake) can be a function of the hydrology and topography system. Water from sources such as direct/indirect precipitation, surface runoff

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