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- 731: Canada
- ... support a variety of agricultural activity. Precipitation is quite heavy here where moisture- laden winds from the Pacific Ocean are forced to rise over the mountainous coastal regions and bring more than 5000 mm of rain a year in some areas. The third great forest zone is found here due to the humidity. It is a dense, tall- timber forest where Douglas fir, western hemlock, and western red cedar are the ...
- 732: Ethiopia
- ... even though drought, poor cultivation, and many other factors effect productivity. The main types of crops grown are shown in figure 14. Most methods of farming are done naturally, and traditional, by the sun and rain, or as there ancestors before. Pesticides, Fertilizers, and Herbicides are too expensive, and are used, if at all, in small amounts making them almost useless. Most crops are planted manually, due to the lack of ...
- 733: Italy
- ... The fourth region is the Apennines. This region stretches almost the entire length of Italy. The mountains in this region have steep inclines of soft rock and are constantly eroding as a result of heavy rain. The northern Apennines have some of the largest forests in the country and much pasture land. The central part of the range has productive farmland and grazing. The southern Apennines include the poorest part of ...
- 734: The Geology of The Massif Montgris
- ... encountered, as with the red limestone. This unit was grey on the surface and slightly darker when a fresh surface was made. As with the red unit it effervesces on the application of dilute hydrochloric acid, thus showing it to be of carbonate nature. Another correlation to the red unit was the fact that veining increased in coverage, the closer you get to the North-South faults. It should be noted ...
- 735: Colombia
- ... average January and July temperatures in Bogotá are 58° F and 57° F, respectively. The averages for the same months in Barranquilla are 80° F and 82° F. Throughout the year, three-month periods of rain and dry weather alternate. Along the Pacific coast precipitation is heavy. At Bogotá the annual rainfall averages about 40 in, and in Barranquilla it averages about 32 in. Dry weather prevails on the slopes of ...
- 736: Austria
- ... to thaw suddenly and result in an avalanche. Eastern Austria tends to have a harsher and much colder climate compared to the west. The east has cold winters, short moderate summers, and a bit of rain. The low temperature in four major Austrian cities can range between -3.3 degrees Celsius and 2.2 degrees Celsius. The highs for the summer can be between 17.8 and 20 degrees Celsius. Trade ...
- 737: The Country of Italy
- ... spring, summer, and fall, the climate is generally warm and sunny. However, during the wintertime, it is very cold and snowy. North Italy is able to raise more crops because it receives 30 inches of rain a year during the summer months. RELIGION About 95% of Italy's people are Roman Catholics.3 However about 30% attend church regularly. The Lateran Pact governs the relationship the Roman Catholic Church has with ...
- 738: Colombia
- ... the mountain at above 15,000 snow and ice are perpetual 12,000 ft. 50 degrees at 7,000 ft. it is 64 degrees at 3,000 ft. it is 57 degrees to 52 degrees. Rain fall is the heaviest in the Andes and on the west coast. The distinguishing topographical feature of Colombia is the Andes,the Andes comprise three principal and parallel ranges: the eastern codillera,the central cordillera ...
- 739: Rome
- ... entertainment purposes only. The most famous coliseum was built from 69-75 A.D. and was 27o feet by 180 it could hold 45,000 some of the coliseum's had canvases to keep the rain off of spectators. these great coliseum's were to see fights like caesar's palace when Tyson fights or when Dela Hoya fights its a big thing but this wasn't a monthly thing this ...
- 740: Mozambique
- ... plain that extends inland from the coast. Land rises steadily beyond the plain and high plateaus and mountains run along much of the western border. Sand dunes and swamps line the coast. Grasslands and tropical rain forests cover much of the country. Many sizable rivers flow east through Mozambique into the Indian Ocean, there basins have extremely fertile soil. Cashew trees and coconut palms grow throughout the country. Animal life in ...
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