Friday, November 14, 2008

the nile river



The Nile river is the longest river in the world, it is approximately 4,000 miles from East Africa to the Mediterranean. Studies have shown that the River gradually changed its location and size over millions of years. The Nile flows from the mountains in the south to the Mediterranean in the north. Egyptians traveling to other lands would comment on the "wrong" flow of other rivers. For example, a text of I in Nubia describes the great Euphrates river as the "inverted water that goes downstream in going upstream."

Thursday, November 6, 2008

mount everest

Everest has been around for 60million years. It is 8850m high and was found to be 6" higher in 1999. Mount Everest was named after a fellow of the name sir George Everest in 1869

There are still about 120 dead bodies on Everest at the moment

Everest is the highest mountain in the world and it is located in Asia in the country of Nepal. The best time to climb verst is in April, or may. Verst was first climbed in 1953

The temperature at Mount Everest can get up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit and on a normal day it can be 15 degrees Fahrenheit.





Wednesday, November 5, 2008

siberian tundra



when people usualy hear siberia they think of frozen tundra and prision camps come to mind. but things have changed and are still changing even to this day.there are still a few tundra and prision camps but not many.there are concerts that people go to listen to organ music and purly just to dig around out of curiosity. Siberia is situated in the northern-central part of Asia
in the tundra winters are long and summers are short. in the winter the temperatures go below 0'c. It has winds from 30 to 60 miles per hour