Special Place Land Revisited One of the main features in Mazeppa, is the Zumbro River that cuts through the town. The Zumbro River is spring fed, and is mainly mature with a few spots where it may become youthful. Another feature that Mazeppa has is the rock bluffs around the area. The bluffs are mainly made of sandstone and limestone. These rocks were formed on and near the shore of the beach in Hollandale Embayment. This means that this area was once either on a coastal shore or near a shore. Due to the sandstone in the area, some of the main resources that Mazeppa has to offer is gravel and sand. Within the town, there is a gravel or sand pit, as well as other pits around the area. Along with it being near a shore, the land may have been …show more content…
One of the main natural forces that affect my special place is the Zumbro River, which is eroding back into the valley. The river is in a deep, narrow valley with wooded areas around it (“Zumbro River”). All along the river route, there are cut banks and point bars. Another natural force that also plays a role in shaping my special place is mass wasting. Occasionally, rock slides will occur around Mazeppa, usually involving small rocks, but once in a while boulders will fall as well. Although it hasn’t been anything that major, it still occurs. In some areas around my special place, the edges of roads have washed away due to erosion and changing landscapes. Mass wasting may also help to explain why houses settle and have had foundation problems. Another natural force that affects Mazeppa and the area around it is plate tectonics. Although my special place is not directly affected by plate tectonics today, due to it not being on a plate boundary, it does affect my special place because the surface is ever changing due to plate tectonics and it moves the ground short distances each year. Weathering and erosion also occurs and will wear down the layers of rock throughout the area. Wind and water also play a role in eroding the banks of the river and the cliffs …show more content…
To help counteract the bank erosion along the part of the river that cuts through the town, people have filled in parts of the river with rock, as well as leveling the banks of the river to make it more of a slope. The goal in this was to slow down the erosion rates and to try and control the river. When the town decided to build a dam, the sediment that the river will typically move, piled up behind the dam and was unable to go through. Now that the dam isn’t there anymore, the sediment is able to flow down the river to different areas. Due to the fact that there is human development in this area, there is silt and chemicals, along with other substances that are dumped into the river from the towns and farmers upstream, which can affect the plants and animals. These pollutants include pesticides and manure, as well as other wastes. According to Minnesota’s Pollution Control Agency, the main impairment of the Zumbro River near Mazeppa is turbidity (“Minnesota’s Impaired Waters and TMDLS”). All of these pollutants can cause health risks if they get into the drinking water, along with causing plants and animals to
It is being managed by the local council in two different ways. These include; a rip-rap wall, dune stabilization. The rip-rap wall consists of large rocks which have been piled up at an angle. Behind the rip-rap wall the land use is mainly commercial, but there is also some residential land-use. This method has been used because human land-use is right on top of the ocean, and in order to defend these buildings a hard option is required.
The novel, A Land Remembered, is the epic saga of three generations of MacIveys. The novel begins with a flash back, from the last generation MacIvey, Sol. Sol was a real estate tycoon in Miami and the surrounding areas. He has chosen to give up his life in Miami to live his last hours in the cabin in Punta Rassa , Florida; the cabin his grandfather had built. Thus, the three generations of MacIveys in Florida ends.
Most of the rivers are the one being used by large communities like drinking water supply and for the farmers in their produce. The State of Department put together a commission of knowledgeable people and carried out an investigation about the risk and consequences of this project. Some of the conclusion about the spills were, for example, that: “A million of gallons of tar soil war poured into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan… 40 miles of this river still are contaminated to this day”. Another example of spills affecting communities, is the one in 2013, caused by a twenty foot crack in a pipeline, causing a huge spill of oil, damaging the residential neighborhoods and the Lake Conway in Arkansas. This spills and oil “accidents” are affecting not only the lives of people but also the wildlife, the ecosystems and the quality of air and water
When it floods sediments can affect the land by losing nutrients in the soil and it can also affect the clarity of
In my opinion I would rather go to Scifi land because one I would rather ride on rides than be in Alaska . Also, I could have buy a lot of treats at a amusement park rather than a cold climate. Finally, it would be a lot more fun to be where it is warmer rather than to be where it is cold.
Standing on the balcony, I gazed at the darkened and starry sky above. Silence surrounded me as I took a glimpse at the deserted park before me. Memories bombarded my mind. As a young girl, the park was my favourite place to go. One cold winter’s night just like tonight as I looked upon the dark sky, I had decided to go for a walk. Wrapped up in my elegant scarlet red winter coat with gleaming black buttons descending down the front keeping away the winter chill. Wearing thick leggings as black as coal, leather boots lined with fur which kept my feet cozy.
Motutara Island (stack) was produced by the formation of two caves on either side of the headland -- forming an arch and the roof slowly erodin...
Land Art is created by combining art and nature in a complex way. Land art is also known as Earth Art or Earthworks. This art is designed directly in the physical landscapes with the help of natural substances and organic media like leaves, stones, soil, rocks, water, logs, etc. Mechanical earth moving equipment is also used by few artists. Artists show their reaction against industrialization and urbanization through the land art. Before the origin of modern land art, it has been already created by artists for last centuries. But this land art movement became popular somewhere between 1960 and 1970 in America and soon adopted by the artists all over the world. The main part of this art is reforming and redesigning of the landscape. As it is created by moving things around, adding some available materials and imported substances to the landscape so it becomes impossible to move it from one place to another. It is only developed to make some beautiful change in the environment for sometime as in the end it just degenerates. Some land artworks are very short-lived; just stay for a few hours or days, while others just designed in open and left uncovered so that they can be deformed by erosion or wind over time.
As the CEO of Kardell Paper Company, it has been brought to my attention that there is a link between the sonox contamination in the Cherokee river and high incidences of miscarriages, birth defects, and respiratory disorders in the community (Brooks, 2007). According to Kardell’s legal counsel, there is not sufficient evidence tying the two together, but there is a possibility that the sonox is the cause of the health problems that is on the rise and could be proven later. In 1985 a water quality test was performed by a student which strongly suggests that Kardell is a main contributor to the contamination and pollution of the Cherokee River by sonox discharge (Brooks, 2007).
Oroian, Viman Oana I. "Damaging Effects of Overall Water Pollution." BioFlux (2010): 113-15. Web. 16 Apr. 2014.
Everyone has a special place that people will never forget. Sometimes it is because there were places that people experienced great joy or comfort. A special place represents peoples’ special memories either good or bad. Memory will following people whole life, and store people’s heart deeper. Good memory will coming all time. My special place and my memory is my grandparent’s house; my grandparent’s house practically is my second home. I would never forget that special place because of things going on my grandparent’s house, which is symbolized by my grandparent’s love.
The Philippines famous landforms are many and include the famed Chocolate Hills in Bohol , the famous rice terraces in Benguit, the Maria Cristina Water Falls (this is one of Philippines famous landforms and is know to be one of the world’s highest water falls) in Mindanao and of course the Palawan Underground River.
For those who like winter sports like skiing and snowboarding, we have just the perfect place- the remote yet very popular mountain resort called Balea Lake.
I think we all have a beautiful place in our mind. I have a wonderful place that made me happy a lot of times, years ago. But sometimes I think that I am the only person who likes this place and I'm asking myself if this place will be as beautiful as I thought when I will go back to visit it again. Perhaps I made it beautiful in my mind.
This module broadens our understanding on the ways in which buildings are constructed and the purpose of choosing materials and structures for buildings. This module is divided into survey, structure, materials and construction. These are taught specifically through lectures, tutorial exercises, drawings and lab test workshops. The lectures were an explanation of the topics in which our knowledge was put into practice by solving and experimenting questions during tutorials and workshops. By the end of the year, we gained great knowledge on the contents of this module by taking part in this structured order of learning and understanding in workshops and tutorials.