708 résultats pour "agricultura"
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Union européenne [UE] - relations internationales.
États tiers. 2.2. 2 Le Conseil des ministres Le Conseil des ministres est composé de vingt-sept ministres représentant chacun des gouvernements et compétents dans le domaine abordé lors de chaque réunion (ilexiste ainsi un Conseil des ministres de l’Économie et des Finances et un Conseil des ministres de l’Agriculture, par exemple). Le Conseil est assisté par le Comité desreprésentants permanents, constitué des représentants permanents de chaque État membre. Instance intergouvernementale, le Co...
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Pakistan.
cinquantaine de pays à faible niveau de développement humain. Pays d’émigration (notamment vers le Royaume-Uni, l’Amérique du Nord, l’Arabie saoudite et les autres États du golfe Persique), le Pakistan a connu à partir desannées 1980 un afflux important de réfugiés en provenance de l’Afghanistan, qui s’est accentué avec la prise de pouvoir des talibans en 1998. Le nombre de ces réfugiésétait estimé à deux millions de personnes au milieu des années 2000. 3.2 Divisions administratives et villes pr...
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Article de presse: Le premier Plan
administrative (M. Maurice Aicardi). En outre, des " collaborateurs extérieurs " sont assez souvent consultés, tels MM. RogerAuboin, Pierre Denis, Léon Kaplan et Alfred Sauvy. La rupture avec la bureaucratie, avec les méthodes administratives traditionnelles, on la trouve dans la création des dix-huitcommissions de modernisation, véritables ruches du Plan. On peut évaluer à un millier environ (trois cent quarante membres, plusquatre cent quatre-vingts membres des sous-commissions et les techn...
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Guatemala (república) - geografía.
para el consumo local como para la exportación. 2.4 Vegetación y fauna QuetzalReverenciado por las civilizaciones maya y azteca, que lo incorporaron a su arte y mitología, el esplendoroso quetzal es también elave nacional de Guatemala. Una de las especies de mayor colorido del mundo, el quetzal vive sobre todo en pluvisilvas, desde Méxicohasta Panamá. Ave omnívora, el quetzal come bayas, frutos, insectos, arañas, pequeños anfibios y lagartos.Michael Fogden/Animals Animals/BBC Natural History So...
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Pays de l'Asie du Sud-Est, au coeur de la péninsule
Indochinoise, la Thaïlande est l'ancien Siam, unifié au XVe siècle à
partir de royaumes thaïs rivaux, imprégné de bouddhisme,
modernisé avec l'aide occidentale au XIXe siècle.
vallée - type de vallée fluviale : la vallée du Mékong, page 5406, volume 10 Thaïlande - le Mékong, à Chiang Khan, page 5158, volume 9 Thaïlande - une rue inondée pendant la mousson, à Chiang Mai, page 5159, volume 9 Les aspects humains. La majorité de la population appartient au groupe thaï, qui occupe densément la plaine centrale. Les hauteurs du Nord et de l'Ouest sont habitées par diverses tribus, notamment les Karens, qui vivent essentiellement d'agriculture sur brûlis ( ray ) et de qu...
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Dictionnaire en ligne:
EMPLOI, substantif masculin.
s'introduire quand bon lui semble chez n'importe qui (ROGER MARTIN DU GARD, Vieille France, 1933, page 1034 ). · Double emploi. Répétition inutile. Faire double emploi. Le dessin ne fait pas double emploi avec la photographie, il la complète en donnant l'interprétation du savant qui publie (L'Histoire et ses méthodes (sous la direction de Charles Samaran) 1961, page 268 ). · Mode d'emploi. Manière d'employer quelque chose. La machine n'est mauvaise que dans son mode d'emploi actuel (ALBERT CAMUS...
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En Europe du Nord, la Finlande, pays de forêts et de lacs,
étonne par le dynamisme de son économie et le haut niveau de
son revenu national.
La vie économique. Le bois constitue la principale ressource naturelle, fournissant le premier matériau de construction utilisé et alimentant une puissante industrie de la pulpe et du papier. Les produits de la forêt représentent plus du quart des ventes à l'étranger : pâte à papier et papier d'imprimerie sont les principaux biens d'exportation. La Finlande est également le premier exportateur mondial de panneaux. L'agriculture, qui fournit notamment 90 % des céréales panifiables consommées, sub...
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Cotton - biology.
VII COTTONSEED Once a waste-disposal problem for gins, cottonseed is now a valuable by-product. The seed goes to oil mills, where it is delinted of its linters in an operation similar toginning. The bare seed is then cracked and the kernel removed. The meal that remains after the oil has been extracted is high in protein. Linters are used for paddingin furniture and automobiles, for absorbent cotton swabs, and for manufacture of many cellulose products such as rayon, plastics, lacquers, and sm...
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Contaminación del agua - ciencias de la naturaleza.
cultivo contribuyen en gran medida a este proceso. El proceso de eutrofización puede ocasionar problemas estéticos, como mal sabor y olor del agua, y un cúmulo de algaso verdín que puede resultar estéticamente poco agradable, así como un crecimiento denso de las plantas con raíces, el agotamiento del oxígeno en las aguas más profundasy la acumulación de sedimentos en el fondo de los lagos, así como otros cambios químicos, tales como la precipitación del carbonato de calcio en las aguas duras. Ot...
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Noruega - geografía.
En el norte y en las áreas de montañas más elevadas son comunes los renos, los zorros polares, las liebres polares, los lobos, los glotones y los lemmings. En el sur ysureste viven alces, ciervos, zorros, nutrias y martas. Abundan tanto los peces de agua dulce como los de agua salada. En los lagos y arroyos se pueden encontrarfácilmente salmones, truchas, abadejos grises, percas y lucios. En las aguas costeras son frecuentes el arenque, el bacalao, el halibut y la caballa, entre otras especies....
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La technique a-t-elle perdu l'homme ?
droits et montre que le dit pouvoir de l'homme sur la nature est bien fragile => Catastrophes naturelles encoreinévitables de nos jours. * Alors, s'il est vrai qu'on loue la technique, on ne saurait ignorer les mises en gardes presque aussi fréquentescontre celle-ci ; on se méfie du progrès. On peut même quelques fois y voir la marque d'une véritable technophobie: les techniques et les techniciens ont inspiré pendant longtemps un véritable mépris, et de la méfiance.Déjà chez les anciens, l...
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La puissance économique de l'Union européenne
Garantir aux consommateurs la sécurité et la régularité d’pprovisionnement en denrées alimentaires à prixraisonnablesCatégories socioprofessionnelles3. Une crise cependant : la PAC victime de son succèsMultiplication des excédents, des surproductions et de ce fait coût en plus élevé au plan financier avecd’importantes subventions publiques.Effets pervers du productivisme, notamment en matière d’environnement, mais aussi au plan de la sécurité sanitaire(cf. vache folle)Des réforme...
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Premier pays scandinave ayant adhéré à la Communauté
européenne, riche, stable,
croissance démographique est quasiment nulle à cause d'une très basse natalité, et la population, essentiellement urbaine, vieillit. Complétez votre recherche en consultant : Les corrélats danois Les livres Danemark - vue de Copenhague, page 1377, volume 3 Danemark - la « vieille ville » (Den Gamble By), à Århus, page 1377, volume 3 La vie économique. Nation à haut niveau de vie, avec un système très évolué de protection sociale, le Danemark a toutefois un marché intérieur étroit, d'où...
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Monarchie parlementaire de l'Europe septentrionale, ouverte
sur la mer du Nord, et étirant le long de la péninsule scandinave
un territoire très protégé, la Norvège est l'héritière des fiers
guerriers vikings, terreur de l'Europe médiévale avant leur
christianisation.
Trois formes de végétation se succèdent du sud au nord et sur les reliefs de leur base au sommet : la forêt à feuilles caduques, la taïga de conifères et la toundra, formation basse (pelouse, lichens, mousses) avec seulement quelques arbres nains (bouleaux) en limite de forêt. Le sol est gelé en permanence en profondeur ( tjäle ). Complétez votre recherche en consultant : Les corrélats fjord Gulf Stream pôles - Les zones ou régions polaires - La zone polaire arctique Sognefjord taïga L...
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Colorado (river, North America) - Geography.
sometime between AD 1300 and 1400, but their descendants, the Hopi and Pueblo people, continue to farm and irrigate using the river's waters. The first European to visit the river was probably Spanish soldier and explorer Francisco de Ulloa, who explored the mouth of the Colorado in 1539. In 1540 and 1541another Spaniard, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, traveled through much of the region around the Colorado River. An exploring party from the Coronado expedition,led by Garcia López de Cárdenas,...
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Nile - Geography.
The Nile is also a source of hydroelectric power ( see Waterpower), although the river’s potential as a source of electricity has yet to be fully exploited. Dams to provide hydroelectricity (and control flooding) have been constructed along the Nile in Egypt, Sudan, and Uganda. Additional hydroelectric projects are planned. IV HISTORY OF THE NILE A Ancient Egypt and the Nile The first great African civilization developed in the northern Nile Valley in Egypt in about 3300 BC. Settlements alon...
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Nebraska - geography.
by natural resource districts to limit the rate of pumping for irrigation. C Climate Nebraska has a typical continental climate with wide seasonal variations in temperature. C1 Temperature Winter temperatures below -20°C (0° F) and summer temperatures in the upper 30°s C (lower 100°s F) are common. The average January temperature varies from about -7° C (about 20° F) in the northeast to about -2° C (about 29° F) in the southwest. The average for July, thehottest month, ranges from about 26° C...
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Nebraska - USA History.
by natural resource districts to limit the rate of pumping for irrigation. C Climate Nebraska has a typical continental climate with wide seasonal variations in temperature. C1 Temperature Winter temperatures below -20°C (0° F) and summer temperatures in the upper 30°s C (lower 100°s F) are common. The average January temperature varies from about -7° C (about 20° F) in the northeast to about -2° C (about 29° F) in the southwest. The average for July, thehottest month, ranges from about 26° C...
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Mississippi - geography.
The climate of Mississippi is characterized by long, hot, and humid summers and generally mild winters. The higher lands in the northeast are usually cooler than otherareas of the state. D1 Temperature Average January temperatures range from about 6° C (about 42° F) in northeastern Mississippi to about 12° C (about 54° F) along the Gulf Coast. No part of the stateis entirely free from freezing temperatures, but prolonged periods of extreme cold rarely occur. Temperatures more than 15° C (30° F)...
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Mississippi - USA History.
The climate of Mississippi is characterized by long, hot, and humid summers and generally mild winters. The higher lands in the northeast are usually cooler than otherareas of the state. D1 Temperature Average January temperatures range from about 6° C (about 42° F) in northeastern Mississippi to about 12° C (about 54° F) along the Gulf Coast. No part of the stateis entirely free from freezing temperatures, but prolonged periods of extreme cold rarely occur. Temperatures more than 15° C (30° F)...
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usa
En 2013, les États-Unis comptent environ 317 millions d'habitants2 et constituent le troisième pays le plus peuplé du monde après la Chine et l'Inde7. La superficie du pays est de 9,6 millions de kilomètres carrés, ce qui en fait le quatrième pays le plus vaste du monde après la Russie, le Canada et la Chine8. La population américaine augmente grâce à un solde naturel et un solde migratoire positifs. Elle est marquée par une grande diversité ethnique et culturelle en raison d'une immigration anc...
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From Bulfinch's Mythology: Proserpine - anthology.
the furrow, the seed failed to come up; there was too much sun, there was too much rain; the birds stole the seeds—thistles and brambles were the only growth.Seeing this, the fountain Arethusa interceded for the land. 'Goddess,' said she, 'blame not the land; it opened unwillingly to yield a passage to your daughter. I can tellyou of her fate, for I have seen her. This is not my native country; I came hither from Elis. I was a woodland nymph, and delighted in the chase. They praised mybeauty, bu...
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España - geografía.
2.5 Temas medioambientales La tierra básicamente montañosa y semiárida de España alberga más de 5.000 especies vegetales diferentes. Los bosques cubren el 35,4% (2005) del país, aunque estascifras incluyen formaciones de pinos y eucaliptos plantados para estabilizar el suelo o para aprovechar su pulpa, utilizada en la fabricación de papel. La tierra agrícolacomprende el 37,3% del país. Entre las áreas protegidas de España hay parques nacionales, parques naturales y regionales, reservas marítima...
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Assyria - USA History.
villages and cities were ransacked and razed, but no attempt was made to annex their territories. In the course of time this pattern of conquest changed, and the Assyrian rulers began to make Assyria the center of a new empire by incorporating the conquered landsinto their domain, although probably not according to a conscious plan. Toward the end of the 10th century BC, for example, Adad-nirari II annexed the Aramaean state centering on Nisibis, east of the Habur River. His son, Tukulti-Ninurt...
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Population.
year AD 1, and it took more than 1,500 years to reach the 500 million mark. Growth was not steady but was marked by oscillations dictated by climate, food supply, disease, and war. Starting in the 17th century, great advances in scientific knowledge, agriculture, industry, medicine, and social organization made possible rapid acceleration inpopulation growth. Machines gradually replaced human and animal labor. People slowly acquired the knowledge and means to control disease. By 1900 the worldp...
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Fruit - biology.
from a flower with several pistils. The ovary may have a single compartment, or carpel, which houses the ovule or ovules. Or the ovary may consist of two or morecarpels, each of which may contain one or more ovules. A drupe develops from an ovary with a single carpel and is characterized by an edible exocarp and mesocarp and an inedible, hard endocarp, or pit that encloses asingle seed. Cherries, peaches, apricots, and plums are examples of drupes. Almonds also are classified as drupes, but in a...
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Aztec Empire.
tribute to the empire in agricultural products, which were used to finance public projects. All able-bodied men owed military service to the empire. Citizens could also bedrafted to work on public lands or build temples, dikes, aqueducts, and roads. Although Aztec society had strict classes, a person’s status could change based on his or her contribution to society. Commoners could improve their rank, especially byperforming well in battle, and become prosperous landowners. Young people of some...
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Aztec Empire - USA History.
tribute to the empire in agricultural products, which were used to finance public projects. All able-bodied men owed military service to the empire. Citizens could also bedrafted to work on public lands or build temples, dikes, aqueducts, and roads. Although Aztec society had strict classes, a person’s status could change based on his or her contribution to society. Commoners could improve their rank, especially byperforming well in battle, and become prosperous landowners. Young people of some...
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National Socialism .
VII THE PARTY IN THE REICHSTAG The movement grew rapidly, recruiting thousands of discharged civil servants, ruined shopkeepers and small-business owners, impoverished farmers, workersdisillusioned with the Socialist and Communist parties, and a host of frustrated and embittered young people of all classes, brought up in the postwar years and withouthope of personal economic security. In the Reichstag elections of 1930 the National Socialists polled almost 6.5 million votes (more than 18 perce...
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À l'extrémité occidentale de l'Eurasie, la France occupe une
position charnière entre l'Europe du Nord et l'Europe du Sud.
Géographie Les conditions naturelles Ni le relief, ni les sols, ni les conditions climatiques n'ont été des obstacles au peuplement et au développement économique. La France n'a certes pas de climat qui permette plusieurs récoltes par an, ni de delta particulièrement fertile, mais elle ne connaît aucun facteur physique trop contraignant, n'est pas affectée d'une grande probabilité de risques naturels majeurs, et bénéficie par ailleurs d'une grande diversité de terroirs. L'évolution géolog...
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Africa.
The highest elevations in Africa are found in the various ranges of East Africa. After Kilimanjaro, the next highest peaks are Mount Kenya (5,199 m/17,057 ft), north ofKilimanjaro in central Kenya; Margherita Peak (5,109 m/ 16,762 ft) in the Ruwenzori Range on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC); Ras Dashen (4,620 m/ 15,157 ft) in the Ethiopian Highlands of northern Ethiopia; Mount Meru (4,565 m/ 14,977 ft), close to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania; and MountElgon (4,...
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Africa - Geography.
The highest elevations in Africa are found in the various ranges of East Africa. After Kilimanjaro, the next highest peaks are Mount Kenya (5,199 m/17,057 ft), north ofKilimanjaro in central Kenya; Margherita Peak (5,109 m/ 16,762 ft) in the Ruwenzori Range on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC); Ras Dashen (4,620 m/ 15,157 ft) in the Ethiopian Highlands of northern Ethiopia; Mount Meru (4,565 m/ 14,977 ft), close to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania; and MountElgon (4,...
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Pollution.
One of the greatest challenges caused by air pollution is global warming, an increase in Earth’s temperature due to the buildup of certain atmospheric gases such ascarbon dioxide. With the heavy use of fossil fuels in the 20th century, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have risen dramatically. Carbon dioxide and othergases, known as greenhouse gases, reduce the escape of heat from the planet without blocking radiation coming from the Sun. Because of this greenhouse effect,average glob...
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Welfare.
industrializing societies. Governments typically financed social insurance programs with tax funds and direct levies on the wages of potential recipients. Social insurancereplaced part of incomes lost when workers became disabled, were laid off, or had reached an age that forced them out of the labor market. Later, governments of Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden, and other countries developed forms of social insurance that provided population-wide, or universal,coverage. Such forms included chil...
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United States Senate.
providing for military forces, and declaring war. Article I, Section 8, also gives Congress implied powers—to “make all laws which shall be necessary and proper” forcarrying out the enumerated powers, and to investigate and oversee the executive branch. The Senate also has the power to conduct impeachment trials against thepresident, federal judges, and other officials. The Senate can only impeach someone after the House brings charges, however. A two-thirds majority vote of thesenators in the c...
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Laos - country.
by the year 2025. About one-quarter of Laos’s people live in mountainous regions. The rest live in upland valleys or on the flood plains of the Mekong and its tributaries.Just over three-quarters of the population live in rural areas, although the proportion of people living in urban areas is steadily increasing. Vientiane is the capital and largest city of Laos. Louangphrabang, the former royal capital, is an increasingly popular tourist destination. Other major cities are theregional capitals...
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Nova Scotia - Geography.
summer. Nova Scotia receives an average of more than 1,140 mm (45 in) of rain annually, with the Atlantic shore receiving 1,400 mm (55 in) or more. Most of the provincereceives about 1,900 mm (about 70 in) of snow, and considerable winter precipitation comes in the form of rain or ice storms. The average temperature in January, thecoldest month, is generally about -4°C (about 25°F) near the coast and somewhat colder toward the interior. The average temperature in July, the hottest month, isabout...
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Nova Scotia - Canadian History.
summer. Nova Scotia receives an average of more than 1,140 mm (45 in) of rain annually, with the Atlantic shore receiving 1,400 mm (55 in) or more. Most of the provincereceives about 1,900 mm (about 70 in) of snow, and considerable winter precipitation comes in the form of rain or ice storms. The average temperature in January, thecoldest month, is generally about -4°C (about 25°F) near the coast and somewhat colder toward the interior. The average temperature in July, the hottest month, isabout...
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Colonialism and Colonies.
by plundering the riches of existing civilizations in the Americas and by seizing the area’s mineral wealth through mining. These practices were promoted by the policy of mercantilism that many European colonial powers adopted. Those who advocated mercantilism believed that exports toforeign countries were preferable both to trade within a country and to imports because exports brought more money into the country. They also believed that thewealth of a nation depended primarily on the possession...
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Colonialism and Colonies .
by plundering the riches of existing civilizations in the Americas and by seizing the area’s mineral wealth through mining. These practices were promoted by the policy of mercantilism that many European colonial powers adopted. Those who advocated mercantilism believed that exports toforeign countries were preferable both to trade within a country and to imports because exports brought more money into the country. They also believed that thewealth of a nation depended primarily on the possession...
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Colleges and Universities.
and (3) large universities that include undergraduate programs in addition to graduate and professional schools. D Graduate and Professional Schools Professional schools are typically divisions of large universities. They offer specialized education in a variety of professional fields, such as education, business, medicine,law, social work, agriculture, journalism, architecture, fine arts, nursing, engineering, and music. Some professional schools offer four- or five-year programs leading toa b...
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Congress of the United States.
senator, a person must be at least 30 years old, a citizen for nine years, and a resident of the state from which he or she is elected. Most members of Congress haveserved in state legislatures, city councils, or other elected bodies. See United States Senate: Campaigning for the Senate ; United States House of Representatives: Campaigning for the House. The 435 House seats are divided among the states in proportion to each state’s population. Every state is guaranteed at least one seat. State...
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Brazil - country.
occasional droughts. Brazil contains a wealth of mineral and plant resources that have not yet been fully explored. It possesses some of the world’s largest deposits of iron ore and containsrich deposits of many other minerals, including gold and copper. Brazil’s fossil fuel resources are modest, but this limitation is offset by the considerable hydroelectricpotential of the nation’s many rivers. Although Brazil is an important producer of tropical crops, areas of highly fertile land are limited...
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Québec - Geography.
facilities. Tributaries south of the St. Lawrence include the Richelieu, the Saint-François, and the Chaudière rivers, which are only a few hundred kilometers long. TheRimouski and Matane rivers, also south of the St. Lawrence, are popular areas for recreation and salmon fishing. In the Canadian Shield, the longest rivers are theRupert, Eastmain, Grande Baleine, and La Grand-Rivière, which is the site of a huge hydroelectric complex. C Coastlines Québec has two systems of saltwater coastline. O...
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Québec - Canadian History.
facilities. Tributaries south of the St. Lawrence include the Richelieu, the Saint-François, and the Chaudière rivers, which are only a few hundred kilometers long. TheRimouski and Matane rivers, also south of the St. Lawrence, are popular areas for recreation and salmon fishing. In the Canadian Shield, the longest rivers are theRupert, Eastmain, Grande Baleine, and La Grand-Rivière, which is the site of a huge hydroelectric complex. C Coastlines Québec has two systems of saltwater coastline. O...