Walker February 10, 2015 Irish and I went to Hukilau beach here in Laie, just next to Temple beach for the Local Community class for “Bleach Cleanup and Research Project.” Our goals were to cleanup the beach shore and even the nearby area and pick our favorite one. Upon cleaning the beach by picking-up garbage in the shore and putting it to a garbage bag (Images 1.0), we found some interesting garbage that is lying on the sand of Hukilau beach. Images 1.0 On the top from the left is a piece
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families without thinking of work. Some people love travelling around the world to see new places and to learn about different cultures, but I love spending my holiday at warm and sunny beach .My best holiday experience was spent at Berjaya beach resort Langkawi Island in Malaysia. Berjaya beach resort is located in Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia. Langkawi Island is one of the most beautiful islands in Malaysia. When we landed at Kedah airport, we took a cab to the jetty in Kuala
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Inquiry into Marine and Coastal Pollution CONTENTS CHAPTER 2 ▪ BACKGROUND ▪ General ▪ The Problems ▪ Declining water quality ▪ Loss of marine and coastal habitats ▪ Lack of strategic planning and management practices ▪ Lack of marine science policy CHAPTER 2 BACKGROUND General As an island continent with a long coastline Australia has many different marine and estuarine environments. These span a wide range
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Emergent Raised Beaches A raised beach is and emergent landform. It is above the shore line due to a fall in sea level. They’re formed through a combination of tectonic coastal uplift and quaternary sea level fluctuations. There are many examples of raised beaches on the west coast of England. The town of Stonehave is built on one. Relict (fossil) Cliffs A geomorphological feature which was formed due to previous processes and climatic change. They can be found at raised beaches and a good
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The largest state by area in whole India is Rajasthan, this state is mostly covered with sand because it comprises of the Thar Desert which is also known as Great Indian Desert. The people of this state are very peaceful and they never forget the values of their cultures and traditions, if you ever find a chance to visit this part of India then you can easily see that how their traditions are still alive. They celebrate each festival with joy and them most commonly use Mehndi on the hands of females
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The last day of college, finally I get to spend my summer break with my two best friends Amanda and Bethany. We have planned to travel to three different countries this year, the most exciting part about it is that all the countries we are visiting are islands. With seas and oceans as clear as a pure diamond, so we get to tan and get some Vitamin D. We have organized to travel to the Maldives, Bora Bora, and Bali. We arranged to meet at our local Starbucks to finalize everything for tomorrow. At
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Beach Morphodynamic Classification A classification according to Wright and Short (1984) was applied to categorize the morphodynamic state of the studied beaches. It describes the varying conditions by evaluating the relationships between beach slope, wave forcing, and sediment characteristics. In this study, the morphodynamic indices were considered to test the applicability of the parameter inputs, including surf scaling (ξ) and dimensionless fall velocity (Ω) in order to distinguish different
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Barefoot Beach Preserve is 342 acres of natural land. It is one of the last undeveloped barrier islands on the Southwest Florida coast. 8,200 feet of beach and sand dunes support the ‘ growth of sea oats, providing nesting sites for sea turtles during the summer months. The park also maintains a tropical coastal hammock of sable palm, gumbo-limbo and sea grape trees among many others. The site is also home to the protected gopher tortoise. (Barefoot Beach Preserve County Park, 2015).
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on Miramar Beach. One of the trips was a girls trip, and the other trip was for a national softball tournament. One of the trips was in the end of May, and into June, the second trip was in the middle of July. On the first trip to Florida it seemed like there were just thousands of people on the beach. We would basically go to the beach every day. We would dive for sand dollars, swim out as far as we could, and we would throw the frisbee around almost everyday. If we weren’t on the beach we were shopping
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Mexico There I was in California before it all happens, but when I woke up I was in Mexico with my best friend Dominic. We were fishing one day in the Pacific Ocean when it was around 11:30 at night when we accidentally fell asleep. We woke up not knowing anything with rocks and sand all around us. I woke up first so I woke up Dominic. We started walking towards building not knowing where we were. The buildings seemed small and old. We thought that was weird for California. But when we got to the
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