2620 résultats pour "productive"

• Nevada - USA History.

  The Truckee, Carson, and Walker rivers flow out of the Sierra Nevada, thread their way around several of the desert ranges, and also end in closed basins. The Walkerflows into Walker Lake, the Carson into Lahontan Reservoir. The major part of the Truckee’s flow is now diverted to Lahontan Reservoir, although as required by lawsome of it empties into Pyramid Lake. Because these three streams flow constantly, the lakes into which they empty never dry up. Winnemucca Lake formerly receivedoverflow w...

• Pays longtemps féodal, et toujours demeuré indépendant, le Japon ne s'ouvrit au monde qu'avec l'ère Meiji, à partir de 1868.

  mouvements de l'écorce terrestre. Les plaines, qui sont presque toujours périphériques et souvent recouvertes de limons d'origine volcanique, sont rares (moins d'un cinquième de la superficie totale), à l'exception de celles du Kantō (dans laquelle se trouve T ōky ō), de Niigata (sur la mer du Japon), de N ōbi (où se situe Nagoya) ou de Ishikari (plaine de Sapporo). Ces zones basses se raccordent aux hauteurs par des cônes d'alluvion qui constituent des reliefs de collines ou de terrasses. Compl...

• Mammal - biology.

  On land, mammals live in many different habitats, and at a wide range of altitudes. Many mammals dig burrows as refuges or as places to raise their young, but somehave developed a largely subterranean lifestyle, feeding on small animals or plant roots beneath the soil's surface. These animals, including moles and mole-rats, digthrough the ground either with spadelike front paws or with their teeth, and they detect danger by being highly sensitive to vibrations transmitted through the soil.Most m...

• Pologne

• Native Americans of Middle and South America.

  A line that snakes across central Mexico near the Tropic of Cancer forms the northern boundary of Mesoamerica; north of this line rainfall sharply declines and theclimate is much drier. The ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica all arose and developed in the area between this line and the Guatemalan highlands far to the south. Richvolcanic soils are found throughout much of the region. A2 People and Languages Mesoamerica was a great melting pot, home to many peoples and interrelated cultures. In...

• Lyndon B.

  A1 First Years in Office Johnson quickly made a two-fold reputation. He was a firm supporter of Roosevelt’s program, both domestic and foreign, and he was also a tireless worker on behalf ofthe voters he represented. Often the two activities coincided, as was the case when he helped to bring public power into Texas through the Rural ElectrificationAdministration and the Lower Colorado River Authority. He also secured funds for the building of dams, roads, and other public improvements in his di...

• Geographic Exploration.

  The commercial reason for exploration has been a consistent driving force. In 1492 the great navigator Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic Oceanseeking a new, shorter, and cheaper route to reach the riches of East Asia, and Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama circumnavigated Africa for much the same reason.Yet similar investigations of the profitable eastern trade had already been made by Arab sailors. Arab trading ships were sailing from the Arabian Sea to southeasternAsia probab...

• Geographic Exploration - explorer.

  The commercial reason for exploration has been a consistent driving force. In 1492 the great navigator Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic Oceanseeking a new, shorter, and cheaper route to reach the riches of East Asia, and Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama circumnavigated Africa for much the same reason.Yet similar investigations of the profitable eastern trade had already been made by Arab sailors. Arab trading ships were sailing from the Arabian Sea to southeasternAsia probab...

• Thailand - country.

  E Natural Resources Thailand possesses a range of mineral resources. Tin is mined in the peninsula. Important gemstones, such as sapphires, are found in the southeast, and coal reserves,particularly lignite, are in the north. Fish are abundant in rivers and coastal waters. In addition to being consumed domestically, fish are also exported. F Climate Thailand experiences a typical monsoon climate. Winds blow from the northeast during the winter months of October to March or April (known as the...

• Organisation du travail et croissance

  Division technique du travail - Habileté plus grande - Diminution des temps mort - Mécanisation des tâches simples Hausse de la Productivité Salaire à la pièce = qui dépend du nombre de pièce Salaire a la journée = salaire fixe qu’elle que soit le nombre de pièce fabriquée. Flânerie syst...

• La France de PITTE

• Race - biology.

  distributed as a cline, generally varying along a north-south line. Skin color is lightest in northern Europeans, especially in those who live around the Baltic Sea, andbecomes gradually darker as one moves toward southern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and into northern Africa and northern subtropical Africa. Skin isdarkest in people who live in the tropical regions of Africa. The lack of clear-cut discontinuities makes any racial boundary based on skin color totally arbitrary. Sim...

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• Isolation thermique

• Uganda - country.

  Uganda’s population is predominantly rural and is concentrated in the south, particularly in the crescent at the edge of Lake Victoria and in the southwest. Almost allUgandans are black Africans. Foreign residents make up less than 4 percent of the population and come mostly from neighboring states. In 2008 Uganda’s population was estimated at 31,367,972. The estimated growth rate of the population in 2008 was 3.6 percent. The birth rate was 48 per 1,000people and the death rate 12 per 1,000. Th...

• Lebanon (country) - country.

  during the civil war. Within the country, thousands of Shia Muslim refugees fled fighting in southern Lebanon in the 1990s and moved into shantytowns in Beirut’ssouthern suburbs. Lebanon’s major cities were greatly affected by the civil war. Beirut has gradually regained most of its prewar population and remains the country’s largest city. Tripoli,the northern port, is the second largest city. Jūniyah, north of Beirut, was developed as a wartime port and subsequently had a population boom. Za ḩl...

• presentation de l 'islam

• L'explication de termes, d'expressions ou de phrases d'un texte économique

  -- -- ------------ 1 ° Les term es ou expressions simples appartenant au vocabulaire é conomique et dont l 'explication exige un savoir économique préalable Indépendamment de l a précision, de la clarté et de la concision tou­ jo urs nécessaires, les explications de termes o u d'expressions ressorJissant à ce groupement supposent, avant tout , des c onnaissances et un savoir sûrs. Exe mples Qu'entend-on par investissement ? 1 1 1 L'investissement est l'...

• Mexique

• L'histoire et la géographie de l'Argentine

  agrumes, la canne à sucre et le maté y poussent facilement, surtout quand on ajoute des engrais. Le peuplementde certaines régions de l'Argentine a décimé la faune autrefois abondante. Cependant, on trouve encore des chatssauvages dans la province de Misiones et des nandous, un oiseau qui ressemble à l'autruche, dans les pampas.Population: Les Indiens furent les premiers habitants du territoire actuel de l'Argentine. Beaucoup appartenaient à latribu des GuaranIs au nord-est du pays. C'est dans...