Geography Project

This is my Geography Project!

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Geography Project Part 4

Rihanna
My project then brought me from Barbados to Rihanna, an internationally famous singer who is from Barbados but now lives and works in Los Angeles. She then brought me to the Central Valley Project in California.


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Central Valley Project
The Central Valley Project is a scheme set up to provide water to provide irrigation to much of the California Central Valley. They do this by regulating and storing water in reservoirs in the northern half of the state which has plenty of water, and transporting it to San Joaquin Valley and its surroundings by  canals, aqueducts and pump plants. In addition to the Irrigation system, the system also creates over 2,000 megawatts of hydroelectricity and controls flooding in the areas surrounding its reservoirs. 


Source:en.wikipedia.org

Geography Project Part 3

Barbados

• Barbados is one of the Islands surrounding the Caribbean Sea.
•  It was originally colonised by the Spanish in the late 1400's. 
• The first English  ship called the "Olive Blossom" arrived in Barbados in 1624. They took possession of it in the name of the British king James I. Two years later in 1627 the first permanent settlers arrived from England and it became an English and later British colony.
•  Barbados has a population of 284,000 people. Its Capital and largest city is called Bridgetown, and has a population of 80,000 people living there.
• In 1966, Barbados became an independent state, but remained under the British Commonwealth.
• Barbados is one of the Caribbean's leading tourist destinations and is one of the most developed islands in the region.

Source:tropicalparadise.net

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Geography Project Part 2

Teak Wood

Teak wood is the substance used for making the Indian sitar, it comes from the tree, Tectona Grandis. It is highly durable even when not treated with oil or varnish.

Much of the teak cultivated is exported to Indian Countries. 

    As well as making the sitar, teak is also used extensively in India to make doors and window frames, furniture, and columns and beams in old type houses. It is also very resistant to termite attacks. Teak has been cultivated in The Caribbean Islands.

Forestation in the Caribbean Islands

More than 99% of the forest in the Caribbean is Tropical forestry. These forests are harvested for all different uses, including Teak Wood which i mentioned above. Though there is efforts to preserve forestry, some islands make more progress than others. In the Caribbean the The Bahamas have the highest forest area per capita, whereas Barbados has one of the lowest.

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Geography Project Part 1

Indian Sitar

The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Indian and Pakistani classical music. It gets its sound from its hollow base, curved frets that move under sympathetic strings, known as taarif. A sitar can have 21, 22, or 23 strings, among them there are six or seven strings that run over the frets.

     The frets are movable, which allows for more accurate playing and fine tuning. The Sitar is made out of Teak wood. Teak wood is found in places such as Africa and the Caribbean

The instrument is balanced between the player's left foot and right knee. The hands move freely without having to carry any of the instrument's weight. The player plucks the string using a metallic pick called a mizraab. The thumb stays  on the top of the fretboard just above the main gourd. Generally only the index and middle fingers are used for fingering although a few players occasionally use the third.

Swim A Mile :D

So, last Friday, we all participated in the Ian Daly Swim a Mile with a Smile. It was so much fun, i was in a group with Orla and Emma, and together we swam two miles. Everyone had a great time doing the sponsored swim in aid of Barretstown and Crumlin Children's  Hospital, all together St Wolstans swam 42 miles! Which beat our previous record, in the end we all finished off by going to Blanchardstown and getting an Eddie rockets, yum :)

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Georgia dear you are after leaving your blogger logged on you should be more careful next time honey!
love Sive xo