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Facts About Thames Barrier

The Thames Barrier which was built in 1984, protects Central London from tidal surges in the North Sea. It protects 125 sq km or 48 sqm of Central London. The Thames barrier was built, because of the Thames flood in 1928. The Thames river flooding destroyed lots of properties and 14 people lost their lives in the flood. So, the Environmental Agency came up with the idea of the Thames Barrier and its construction started in 1974. It is predicted that even with heavy rainfall and rising tides due to climate change it will still be able to protect London from flooding until 2070. There are three positions of the Thames Barrier to let the river water...

Abacus Finger Method

Abacus beginners are taught finger method first before learning how to do the calculations on the real Abacus.The right hand is the units hand( 1-9) and left hand is the tens hand (10-90) .Through this method you can count till 99 .We can even add or subtract through this method one or two digits numbers for example:82 +14 =96 or 94-28=66. Counting 1 to 10. ...

Fun facts about Moon

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth. A satellite is an object that is circling around a planet like an object or an asteroid. It is a theory that the moon was created , after a planet Mars sized asteroid collided with the Earth , which caused the debrie to bind and turn into the Moon . The orbit of the moon is an oval shape and not a circle . That's why , when Moon comes closer to Earth due to it's oval orbit , "Supermoon " is observed. The Moon , orbits the Earth every 27.3 days . "Mons Huygens" , is the highest mountain on the moon and is approximately half the height of “Mount Everest”. Mount Everest is 8848 meters . The Moon , has many different phases , like "New Moon", "Crescent"," First quarter", "Waxing Gibbous", "Full Moon", "Waxing Gibbous", "Last quarter", "Crescent", "New Moon" etc. A Lunar ecli...

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