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Valleys
Valleys are geological depressions located between two or more mountains or hills. Most valleys are either U-shaped or V-shaped, and the floors usually span six miles. The Nile and Death Valleys are two well-known valleys.
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Why did California want to build a dam in the hetch hetchy valley?
Dams are primarily used for water supply. The Central Valley produces and incredible proportion of the nations fruits, vegetable, and nuts. Irrigation is required to grow these resources. Dams for artificial lakes that provide additional storage that may be released during times of greatest need. Power generation is a side-benefit, but water supply for farms (and cities, although the amount of water consumed by farms in the central valley is much greater) is key.
What is a fertile river valley?
A fertile river valley is a depression in the earth through which a river runs. The soil in the area of these valleys is able grow and abundance of crops.
What countries are the Appalachian Mountains found?
The Appalachian Mountains are found in the United States of America Stretching from Georgia to Maine.
What are the benefits of the central valley project?
- Helps to control the possible risk of flooding.
- The dams have created lakes and this has enabled more recreational land for people to enjoy.
- Hydroelectric power is created from the force of the water going through the dam. Hydroelectricity is beneficial a renewable energy source.
- Drinking water is supplied to over 20 million Californians.
- Irrigation for more than 3 million acres of farmland. Making it a multimillion dollar industry.
How long to get from Sydney to the Hunter Valley?
From Sydney to Cessnock, in the heart of the Hunter Valley region, is a distance of 150 km. Allowing for traffic, it would take almost two hours to travel by car.
What plants live in Death Valley?
To survive for a short period of time in Death Valley, we must find water - but our bodies can only process fresh water. People perspire, allowing the evaporating water to pull the heat away from our bodies, but then we must replace the lost water. It would be helpful if you had a sharp object, such as a knife, to cut open a cactus. Because cacti absorb water to survive, they will be full of fresh water. You will need some kind of container to retain this water.
Our activity can also be timed to avoid the hottest part of the day. We may share some habits with desert wildlife to beat the heat and dryness, but our real success comes from our ability to change our surroundings to meet our needs. We could try not to move around much or do lots of physical activity during the day, as we would very rapidly overheat and dehydrate. If a thin, white sheet was available, it would be a good idea to dig under the sand (where it is cooler and more humid), and lie there, with the sheet covering you. The light colour will reflect the sun and protect you from it.
It is important to remember that it becomes very cold during the night, and therefore it might be wise to act nocturnal to stay warm during the nights. It would not be a good idea to stay in self-made burrows or under the sand at this time, but rather stay on the hotter sand.
Of course, however good you are adapting to and surviving hot, arid conditions, we will never be able to survive as well as its wildlife residents. We would last, at most, a few days, and therefore without rescue it would be impossible to live there for longer than a month.
Do the The Ganges and Brahmaputra River valleys converge?
Yes, the river valleys of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers converge in Bangladesh
Silicon Valley is a popular name for what is really Santa Clara Valley in Santa Clara County. The size, according to Wikipedia (search on Santa Clara Valley), is about 30 miles long by 15 miles wide.
Where is the Carmel Valley Historical Society in Carmel Valley California located?
The address of the Carmel Valley Historical Society is: 8 Paso Del Rio, Carmel Valley, CA 93924-9448
Why is the Death Valley so hot?
It is lower than sea level which causes it to have more pressure, that combined with the fact that it is in a valley between two moutians create a hot spot.
What is the Scottish term for a valley?
"brae," a Scottish word meaning a hillside especially along a river
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Is central valley the largest valley in California?
California's Central Valley is a large, flat valley that dominates the central portion of California. It is home to California's most productive agricultural areas. The valley stretches approximately 450 miles (720 km) from northwest to southeast inland and parallel to the Pacific Ocean coast. Its northern half is referred to as the Sacramento Valley, and its southern half as the San Joaquin Valley.[1] The Sacramento valley receives about 20 inches of rain annually, but the San Joaquin is very dry, often semi-arid desert in many places.
The two halves meet at the huge Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, which along with their tributaries drain the majority of the valley. The Delta is a large expanse of interconnected canals, streambeds, sloughs, marshes and peat islands. The Central Valley covers an area of approximately 22,500 square miles (58,000 km2), making it slightly smaller than the state of West Virginia and about 13.7% of California's total area.
What is the climate and precipitation at Death Valley?
The climate of Death Valley is that of a hot, dry desert.
What is the latitude and longitude of Death Valley?
36o14′31″N 116o49′33″W / 36.24194oN 116.82583oW / 36.24194; -116.82583
It can easily reach 120 degrees at the valley floor (+/- 200 ft below sea level), the record is over 130. It may be 80-90 in the high mountainroads at the same time.
That being said, Death Valley NP ranges in in elevation from +7000 ft to -200 ft, and altitude will significantly affect temperature. If you want to see the sights without the 120 F heat, visit in Feb-Mar timeframe when it's comfortable (50-60 F) at the valley floor. You can also see snow up in the mountain roads at this time. If lucky, you can see the wildflowers blooming.
How long did it take for Death Valley to form?
by the wind carrying dead bodies into a pit forming a valley, hints the name "death valley"
Death Valley is a block of land that has been dropped between parallel faults. It dropped so far that Death Valley is the lowest point in the United States. So, death valley was formed when it was dropped between parallel faults.
From what I've found, there is *a* Death Valley in Arizona, but the Death Valley National Park borders go through California and Nevada.
