Physical Geography Alice Springs, known as Mpartnwe to its original inhabitants, is a city of nearly 26,000 inhabitants in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the largest city in the arid desert region of Central Australia and the third largest city in the Northern Territory. It receives on average […]
The historic city of Hamedan is the capital of the central-western province of Hamedan in Iran. Once home to ancient philosophers and physicians, today the city of just under 600,000 is a center for tourism and agriculture, struggling to deal with a growing issue of water scarcity.1,2 Like many cities […]
Devon Chodzin & Jose Fernandez On the U.S. -Mexico border lies the Paso Del Norte Watershed. This arid watershed includes portions of southern New Mexico, western Texas, and northern Chihuahua, Mexico. At the center of the watershed are the cities of El Paso, Texas, U.S. and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. […]
Photo Credits: https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/north-carolina/stories-in-north-carolina/cape-fear-river/ Site Context Wilmington is situated on the southeast coast of North Carolina, along the Cape Fear River. Wilmington’s location along the river is quite precarious as it is located downstream of multiple industrial towns. As a result, contaminants, specifically PFAs, infiltrate the water supply. Wilmington is situated […]