What Is A Riparian Zone?
A riparian zone is the interface between land and a river or stream and play an important role in biodiversity conservation.
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The National Parks Of Paraguay
Paraguay, a small landlocked country in South America, has diverse landscapes, ecoregions, and wildlife that are protected within the national parks of the country.
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What Is A Fjord?
A long and narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs that is created by glacial erosion is called a fjord.
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Bay, Bight, Fjord, And Sound: Similarities And Differences Between These Coastal Features
Bays, bights, sounds, and fjords are coastal features with distinct characteristics of their own.
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USDA Soil Taxonomy: Soil Orders And Their Major Characteristics
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides an elaborate classification of soil based on the origin, composition, and other features.
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What Is A Cove?
A cove is a coastal feature, a small sheltered bay on the coast of an ocean, river, or lake, often associated with scenic beauty.
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Coastal Features: What Is A Ria? What Is A Ria Coast?
When an unglaciated river valley is partially submerged leading to the formation of a coastal inlet, it is called a ria.
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Coastal Landforms: What Is A Tombolo?
When the mainland is attached to an island by a narrow piece of land such as a bar or a spit, the resulting landform is called a tombolo.
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Coastal Landforms: What Is A Spit?
A spit is a stretch of beach material connected to mainland at the proximal end and projecting out into a water body at the distal end.
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What Is Weathering? How Many Types Of Weathering Processes Are There?
Weathering is an important natural process by which rocks, soils, minerals, etc., are broken down by the various forces of nature.
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What Is A Playa Lake?
A playa lake is an ephemeral lakebed, meaning that the lake is filled with water only for transient time periods.
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What Is An Oasis?
An oasis is an isolated patch of land in a desert surrounding a source of water which allows vegetation to grow.
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What Is A Mudflat? Why Are Mudflats Important?
Mudflats serve to protect coastal lands from the eroding forces of nature and also provide an important habitat for shore birds.
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A List Of Venomous And Non-Venomous Snakes Of Alabama
A large number of snakes, both venomous species and non-venomous species, call Alabam their home.
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What Are Sinkholes?
A sinkhole is a hole or a depression in the ground that results from some form of collapse of the surface layer.
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Erosion Landforms: What Is A Lavaka?
Lavaka, a type of erosional feature common in Madagascar, is basically a hole etched out on the slopes of a hill by forces of weathering.
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What Is A Tepui?
Literally meaning the "house of the gods" a tepui is a table-top mountain or mesa found in the Guiana Highlands.
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Aeolian Landforms: What Is A Barkhan Dune?
Barkhan dunes are crescent-shaped dunes created by wind action, and are a common landform in sandy deserts all over the world.
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Aeolian Landforms: What Is An Erg?
An erg is a desert area covered by more than 125 km2 of aeolian or wind-blown sand with little or no vegetative cover.
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Fluvial landforms: What Is An Alluvial Fan And A Bajada?
An alluvial fan is a fan-shaped deposit of sediment crossed and built up by streams, and a convergence of neighboring fans leads to the formation of a bajada.
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