You used to be able to stand outside the main entrance to Schiphol (Amsterdam) airport to see a sign which told you that you were 9 metres below mean sea level.
When one considers the maze of waterways in that part of the Netherlands the tendency is to believe "It's only a matter of time."
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Didge, I don't think it would be the first or the only place to face such a fate. Holland may trail New Orleans, LA in the race to the bottom. N'orlins (as the locals say) averages 2-7 feet below sea level and is built in a delta region that is sliding south geologically into the … Read more
The capital of Holland is 'H'.
A lined canal is constructed with a non-porous material, such as concrete. They prevent seepage and silt buildup, as well as increase velocity.
An unlined canal has a natural soil base.
The two most commonly known are the equator and prime meridian.
Here in Kentucky we are known as the "northern most southern state."
It's actually considered a "border" state.
I have family from Louisville. My great aunt always considered herself a southerner, since her grandfather fought for the Confederacy. However, there were other Kentuckians who enlisted for the Union. This was a "brother against brother" state.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_in_the_American_Civil_War
As I watch election coverage, I am in fact in Louisville. Yes it is.
Maybe this will help you out. There are many sites about legal and illegal logging in Nigeria.
Nigeria's logging industry — in pictures | The National
Pit latrines can cause human health problems and have ecological impacts, if they contaminate groundwater. Bacteria, nitrates, ammonia, etc. leach into the surrounding soil and eventually the groundwater. There's a detailed description here:
E How has a very simple model using "Duplo" blocks.
http://www.ehow.com/how_6548446_make-dam-model-science-project.html
This may be too simplistic for a 14 year old. However, it can inspire you to build one of the more complex versions, such as a buttress dam. You can look at various dam designs here.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/dam/basics.html#butt
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She's searching for her long lost parents ! I'm sure Waldo isn't too far away ! LOL
The Middle East is partly in North Eastern Africa (for example Egypt is in this region), and by some definitions you could say Turkey is in the Middle East, which would make Europe another continent that the Middle Ease could fall in.
that's the way God made it.
The red, orange, yellow, and green wavelengths of
light are absorbed so that the remaining light we see is composed of the
shorter wavelength blues and violets. This is the main reason why ocean
color is blue. Some constituents of sea water can influence the shade of blue of the ocean.
The Grand Canyon is an example of mass erosion.
The gemstone lost its title of the “world's hardest material” to man-made nanomaterials some time ago. Now a rare natural substance looks likely to leave them all far behind – at 58 per cent harder than diamond.
Vijayawada and Hyderabad.
