News recently have been talking about volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunami and I realised that all that is happening really is connected to geography.
Take the volcanic eruption that took place in Hawaii on March 8 . Watch a video at http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20110307/video/vwl-volcano-erupts-in-hawaii-15af341.html. In http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110309/ap_on_re_us/us_hawaii_volcano_eruption, it says that Kamoamoa (the valcano), which is located in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park cracked open Saturday, and it continued to spew out loads of 2,000-degree glowing, red-orange lava that shot 65 feet high. Volcanoes are made up of rocks, as a volcano is a landform. Landforms are... part of geography.
The biggest earthquake to hit Japan in 140 years struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-metre tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses and cars. Earthquake is caused by the plates crashing into each other, and for Japan, unfortunately, is a very strong tsunami. This earthquake not only caused a tsunami, but also cause the whole Pacific basin to be in danger of tsunami. This also shows that when there is a cause, there is an effect. Cause-Earthquake, Effect-Tsunami.
Wow, this really shows that geography is so relevant in life. We don't just learn how to find locations on the map, we learn how to see how everything that happens to us in our daily lives piece together.
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