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Chad
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The geography of Chad is mostly pastures and meadows. Chad is located in
Central Africa and is between the Central African Republic and Libya. The total
area is 1,259,200 km2, and the land area is 1,259,200 km2.2 The total size in
area of Chad is slightly more than three times the size of California. The land
boundaries of Chad are; Cameroon (1,094 km), Central African Republic (1,197 km),
Libya (1,055 km), Niger (1,175 km), Nigeria (87 km), and Sudan (1,360 km).3 All
of these countries total to 5,968 km. Chad is landlocked which has no coastline.
It has no marital claims. The disputes between Chad and other countries is that
Libya claims and occupies .....
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Germany
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black, red and, yellow with a coat of arms symbol in the middle. After
Germany became reunited, the flag was changed to black, red, and gold
stripes, with no symbols on it. These colors have been associated with
German unity since the 1800's.
The Land
In Germany some interesting places are: The Rhine River,the Olympic
Stadium in Munich, the Bavarian Alps where the Newschwanstein Castle is,
the Black Forest, the Harz Mountains, and Berlin.
There are many natural resources in Germany. Germany is bordered by
the North and Baltic Seas. These have busy shipping ports. There are also
four main rivers in Germany. In the West is the Rhine River, th .....
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Travelers Guide To Colorado
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nature centers to visit, and many other possibilities to do. The skiers
have many mountains on top of other mountains to choose from to ski on.
"Skiing is the major money making factor for Colorado." -Comptons
Interactive Encyclopedia. The people that just want to get away from the
everyday hustle and bustle, find it comforting to retreat to nature for a
quiet and peaceful vacation.
The information is unlimited. It just depends on what you want to
find. "In Colorado, it's biggest city is it's capitol." -World Book Atlas
1993. The capitol of Colorado is Denver. Some of the attractions Colorado
offers is: skiing, hiking, and exploring. These pla .....
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Tour De Eiffel
<view this essay>.... (later becoming King Edward VII of England), opened the
tower. Of the 700 proposals submitted in a design competition, Alexandre
Gustave Eiffel's was unanimously chosen.
However, it was not accepted at first, and a petition of 300 names
- including those of Maupassant, Emile Zola, Charles Garnier, and Dumas the
Younger - protested its construction.
At 300 meters (320.75m including antenna), and 7000 tons, it was
the world's tallest building until 1930. Other points of interest include:
It took 2.5 million rivets to build.
It also took 300 steel workers, and 2 years (1887-1889) to
construct it.
It sways n .....
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Boom Towns Of The Amazon
<view this essay>.... rainforest in the world, which has over shadowed the genesis of new urban centers. The prototypical urban community in contemporary Amozonia is a bustling boomtown, a dynamic and sometimes short-lived frontier settlement. The change of the region’s landscape occurs in the social area of conflicts involving Indians, agricultural colonists and activists clergy, cattle ranchers miners, timber interest, governmental agents and others. These conflicts are dangerous and sometimes deadly.
The North region of Brazil encompasses the states and territories of Para, Ampa, Amazonas, Roraima, Acre and Rondonia. This section of Brazil has had the highest rate of ur .....
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Mauritania
<view this essay>.... goods, petroleum
products, capital goods, and it's partners are Algeria 15%. China 6%, US 3%,
France, Germany, Spain, and Italy in which does not even make up one
percent. It's inflation rate has gone to high for anyone to afford any
products. Mauritania's few infostructures are it's single railed railways,
highways, ports, erchant marines, and small airports.[1][3]
Population, Location, Area, Climate
Mauritania is located in Northern Africa, bordering the North
Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara. It's geograph-ic
coordinates are 20 00 N, and 12 00 W. It's neighbors are Algeria to its
northwest, Mali to it's west, Western Saharas to it's n .....
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The Ivory Coast
<view this essay>.... a French colony and remained part of French West Africa from 1904-
1958. Finally in 1960, independence was gained from the overseas country of
France.
In the Ivory Coast, which is a Republic, they have a semi-democratic
system. The position of president, currently being held by Felix Houphocet-
Boigny, is elected to serve 5-year terms. Also, the president can run for
re-election as many times as he chooses. For example, the current president
was re-elected to serve a seventh term in 1990. Plus, there is a National
Assembly comprised of about 120 people who help to govern the country.
The nation has a tremendously stable economy because of the great a .....
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Venezuela
<view this essay>.... from Spain. It was granted independence in 1811, but true independence didn't begin until 1821. Later, after the Spanish settled, mixed colonization led to mixed marriages between the Indians and the Spaniards. From interracial marriages, the different religions from Spain and were introduced to each other. Along with religion both countries were exposed to different foods, languages, dress and customs.
has a landscape that can be categorized into five major regions. The coastal strip with a continental shelf, and it has over 300 islands and keys. A mountainous region about where Caracas is located, that includes the western coastal chain. The valleys .....
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