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them to lose energy. Tsunamis retain their energy, meaning they can travel across entire oceans with very small amounts of energy being lost. These tsunami waves can reach heights above 100 feet. Two tsunamis that stand out from all others are the Sumatra tsunami and the Japan tsunami. Looking at these allows us to see just how destructive tsunamis can be. On March 11, 2011 a magnitude 9 earthquake took place 100 km off the northeast coast of Japan. This was the largest earthquake that Japan had ever

earthquake that of the 131 people killed during the earthquake, 119 died in the tsunami. Most were killed by the tsunamis triggered by underwater landslides, not by the earthquake-induced tsunami. (December 26, 2004, Northern Sumatra Indian) The giant earthquake of 2004 in Sumatra ruptured the longest fault length that has ever been recorded

Forest". Orangutans are found in the tropical forests of Sumatra and Borneo. They are the most arboreal of the great apes and move amongst the safety of the trees from one feeding site to the next. They are so well adapted to arboreal life that they cannot place their feet on the ground, instead they walk on the outside of their curved foot. There is a scattered population of orangutan in Indonesian Borneo, Malaysia Borneo and northern Sumatra. The different habitats have isolated the orangutan

Wild Orangutans are commonly found in Asia within the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. Borneo and Sumatra are two large tropical islands that are filled with trees that provide a home to these creatures as well as thousands of other species. Borneo is the third largest island in the world whereas Sumatra is only the sixth. Despite this, these two islands home more than 100,000 Orangutangs. In addition, these islands hold over 15,000 different kinds of plants and trees. The Orangutangs make these

They survive in the many areas of Sumatra, from one of the most tropical jungles in the world to swampy forests to hilly grasslands. However, most of them live in the mountainous forests and lowlands of Sumatra. Sumatra Island is one of the Greater Sunda Islands of Indonesia, and it is the westernmost of all the islands. It’s located in the Indian Ocean and is one the largest

neighborhood villagers on an Indonesian island named Sumatra. Until then, scientists believed there were only two types of orangutan, one that dwells on Sumatra, and one on Borneo Island. They realized that their populations, as with the other primates on Earth — chimpanzees, gorillas, and bonobos — are waning. An estimated 60,000 orangutans in total are left. Raya, however, was apart of a gathering of 800 people, in the Batang Toru woods of Sumatra. Also, scientists speculated that gathering may be

evolutionary relationship between humans and themselves. [REF] There are two species of the Orangutan, the Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) and the Bornean Orangautan (Pongo pygmaeus). The Sumatran orangutan belongs exclusively to the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. This species is rarer than its Bornean equivalent. The Sumatran orangutan lives mainly amongst the trees of tropical rainforests, and rely heavily on these forests for survival.

etc.) On this research paper; I will explain what exactly is tsunami, the 2004 Sumatra tsunami, and how to predict tsunami. Tsunami (also known as tidal wave or seismic sea wave) is a series of waves created by the displacement of water, unlike normal ocean waves which are created by

Tigers are on the verge of extinction is because is because of the loss of habitat. “As recently as 1978 the Sumatran Tiger more than 1,000 Sumatran Tigers lived on Sumatra, now there is around 400-500 Sumatran Tigers (Lee Poston).” The loss of habitat resulting in the deaths of tigers is due to the agricultural expansion in Sumatra. There are protection units that gather intelligence to stop poachers and remove their snares. Sumatran

cultures and societies that do not conform to the Western concept of gender and sexuality. However, these societies are often seen as an exception rather than the rule. Two interesting examples are the Travestis of Brazil and the Tombois of West Sumatra. Before delving into these ethnographic examples, it is important that we first understand what the Western binary notion of gender and sexuality. Gender is often based on one’s biological sex, hence, there are only two categories; an individual