5 Themes of Geography- Lesotho
Where in the world is Lesotho? Lesotho is a small country in Southern Africa. On all sides it’s surrounded by the country of South Africa, besides the Vatican and San Mariano, it is one of the few countries completely surrounded by one country. To find it on a map would be as follows, it is about 27 to 30 degrees east; while also about 28 to 31 degrees south. In relation to cities, Lesotho is south of Pretoria. It is on the southern tip of the African continent, earning itself a place in the region Southern Africa. It is west of Swaziland and south of Botswana. In physical relations it is south of the Baal River, it is also west of the mountain peak, the Giant’s Castle.
Lesotho is a small, very poor, country. Like other countries in Africa, life is a mess. They have a very poor health system and a failing education system; nearly 85% of this country is illiterate. Lesotho is a third-world country .Lesotho itself is 25% urban and 75% rural. One interesting thing that differs from most of Africa, which has over half of the population under 15, is that...
Geography’s Impact on Culture and Society. When studying ancient civilizations and the beginning societies of the world, the geography has shaped its story significantly. Depending on the location of the civilization, whether or not water was nearby was crucial for its survival. With trade networks, metals, foods, and languages were spread.
Supernatural beliefs show what people believe in after death and how they think the god(s) affect their everyday life. There is freedom of religion in Lesotho and for the most part this right is respected. There have been no incidents of forced religious conversion, religion oriented terrorist attacks, or restrictions put on practicing any specific belief. This shows that the Sotho people respect religions. It also means that they do not segregate based on religious beliefs. This is good because many conflicts start over religious grounds.
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The question that I will be answering for my coursework is which is best at protecting the Northumberland coastline – groynes or beach nourishment. I will be going to Blyth beach also I will be visiting Newbiggen beach I am investigating the Northumberland coastline as part of my geography coursework also because I live in the UK and I want to see how safe the people of the UK are with the safety of the coastline and its defences against coastal erosion. We will be visiting the Northumberland coastline on Thursday the 15th of May 2014.
Ghana is a country in Africa that is native to 25 million people. It is neighbored by the Ivory Coast to the West, Togo to the East and Burkina Faso to the North. It is also bordered by the Gulf of Guinea to the south. It is about the size of Oregon and it’s religions include Christianity, Islam, and other Indigenous beliefs (Bbc news, 2013). Ghana has different climates in different parts of the country. Near the coast, there are tropical forests, in the middle there is a transitional zone where it then transitions into the savannah in the north where it is dryer and only gets one rainy season versus two in the south (Encyclopedia of the nations). Their major exports are gold, cocoa, timber, and many other products. Their GDP is $40.71 billion and their monetary unit is Cedi which in relation to one U.S. dollar, it is equivalent to .37910 Cedi (Bbc news, 2013).
The Five Themes of Geography are: Location – Absolute points on a map or grid or Relative to where something may be; Place – The physical and/or human characteristics of a locations; Human/Environment Interactions – How humans have impacted the landscape or environment; Relationship between places Movement – How humans interact on the earth (i.e. how they communicate over distance (short or long)) and Regions – a unit of space that has commonalities defined by physical, human and environmental geography. The Explorers of the New World may have not known what the Five Themes of Geography were but they quickly learned. Of the five themes the ones that they all took advantage of was the physical Location and Place as they learned to navigate to and from as well as through their new environments. Over Time the explorers began to discover the relationships within their environments and original occupants of the lands as well as the regions in which they now occupied.
Have you ever wanted to visit an exotic, tropical island like Jamaica? Jamaica is an extremely interesting country when it comes to its physical and human geography. Jamaica’s physical geography is made up of a numerous amount of features. Some of these features will include rocks and minerals, landforms, plant and animal life, and the climate. We can also look at the soils, environment, and the oceans. These can all contribute to the physical geography of Jamaica. The human geography of Jamaica is just as remarkable as the physical geography. The features that go along with the human geography are features such as the population, recreational activity, and the political systems. It also includes the religion of Jamaica, social traditions, and economic activities. Jamaica is a country that has a picturesque layout to the land when it comes to the physical and human geography of the country.
There are five themes of geography which include location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. The country that I was given to describe the five themes is the United Kingdom also known as the UK. I have never been to this area and will use information from the internet to inform the reader about this beautiful country. Many websites were used in finding research for this paper.
The study of human-environment interactions in geography has gone through a bewildering series of theoretical, philosophical and methodological revolutions in the past years, ranging from the environmental determinism, regional geography, regional science, quantitative-spatial science, radical-Marxist geography, structuralism, feminist geography to postmodern geography. As advocated by the humanistic geography where greater attention is given to humans and their consciousness in the analysis of geographical events, other scholars belonging to the more than human geographies questioned the rationality and the tenets of humanistic geography. Unlike the humanistic perspective in geography, the more than human geographies or posthumanistic geography has challenged the supremacy and hegemony status accorded humans in the analysis of the geographic
In this report of Australia, I will include the Five Themes of Geography and what some Australians like to eat and drink.
Kenya is a shining gem in Africa because of its many exports and interesting clothing style. Due to its very fair government and a past with no civil wars it stands apart from many of the other African countries. Kenya, though a pretty new country, has huge natural landforms and bodies of water, exports flowers to most of the world, and a rich traditional dress and dance culture. . Its unique past and hopeful future show hope to other struggling countries in Africa and the whole world.
The Republic of the Fiji Islands is an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. The total number of islands in Fiji is 332. The geographical coordinates of the location of Fiji is18°00′S 179°00′E. Total land area of Fiji is 18,270 sq. km. Fiji is made of many small islands of which Viti Levu and Vanua Levu are the largest. Topographically Fiji’s topography is divided into three major classes: plains and valleys; low mountains and hills and high mountains. The landforms are either depositional - littoral or fluvial, erosional - fluvial erosion, mass movement or volcanic. Soil type distribution can be produced from a geographical information system (GIS) based at Koronivia Research Station. Sixty five per cent of soils have developed on steep slopes (over 21o), 20% on gently undulating and hilly land (4-21 o) and 15% on flat land (under4 o) (Leslie 1997). The most fertile soils are in the floodplains of the Sigatoka, Rewa, Nadi, Ba, Navua and Labasa rivers and are generally derived from basic volcanic parent material. Some types of soils are "nigrescent - dark top soil" soils and ferru...
An Image of Africa Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad has been depicted as “among the half-dozen greatest short novels in the English language.” Chinua Achebe believes otherwise. In Chinua Achebe’s An Image of Africa: Racism is Conrad’s Heart of Darkness he simply states that, “Joseph Conrad was a thoroughgoing racist” [pg.5]. Achebe argues that the racist observed in the Heart of Darkness is expressed due to the western psychology or as Achebe states “desire,” this being to show Africa as an antithesis to Europe.
Malawi is a small country slightly smaller than Pennsylvania in south central Africa. It has a large lake that covers most of the eastern border of the country. Lake Malawi is the third largest lake in Africa reaching as deep as 3,000 feet in some areas ("The world fact,"). The climate is sub-tropical with a rainy season and a dry season. Malawi is usually separated into three different sections when discussing the country. The three different sections are north Malawi, central Malawi, which is where the capital of Lilongwe is located ("The world fact,"). The third section is called south Malawi. The south part of the country has land on both east and west borders unlike central and northern Malawi. Malawi is known as the “warm heart of Africa”. The reason it is known as the “warm heart of Africa” is because the country is relatively peaceful compared to the civil unrest that is happening in many African countries. It is also knows as the “warm heart of Africa” because how nice the native people are to everyone (Westberg & Westberg, 2013). Malawi has recently become a popular tourist area. Malawi has beautiful lakes, amazing safaris as well as peace of mind in regards to safety and security ("The world fact,”) Malawi has a rich history and culture, they have beautiful art, theater, music as well as architecture which can be seen while walking through any of Malawi’s large cities.
Meaning that LHWP, could have an even larger impact on Lesotho then it would have on any other country. Lesotho is also considered one of the poorest countries in the world, as most of its citizens lived off of $550 a year. Most of Lesotho's people relied on their land, for food, and resources to make and repair shelters. They would also sell wood, to gain what little money they had. During the Lesotho Highland Project's construction, almost 27,000 people were deprived of their land in order to make room or free up resources for the project. These citizens that were affected by LHWP were promised compensation for all that they had lost. To this day, most if not all of the citizens affected has never received the full compensation that was promised, because of this some groups have attempted to sue LHWP in the hopes of getting the rest of the money. Those citizens weren't the only ones affected by LHWP, Lesotho's environment also began to change. Flooding became more common, and rainfalls were so strong that crops were almost completely destroyed. Those that raise livestock were probably affected the worst out of all. Because LHWP required so much land and resources, farmers had less land to use to raise livestock, which lead many animals to die of starvation. Farmers also had little to no land to shelter animals during the winter months, leading to many of the younger livestock to die. Many types of vegetation were also almost wiped out, such as trees, plants used for medicine, and