<span>SMCRA stands for the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The SMCRA is a federal law that controls how much the coal mining companies can pollute the environment. The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act regulates how old mines are reclaimed in addition to controlling how new coal mines are opened and how they operate.</span>
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D.to discuss the location of a certain area
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Europe.
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Migration refers to the movement of a group of people from one geographical region (location) to another geographical destination in search of better living conditions, work or social amenities.
Migration selectivity can be defined as the likelihood or tendency that a subset (part) of a group of people are going to move (migrate) out of a particular geographical location or area.
Some of the factors that influence migration selectivity are income level, age, education, gender etc.
Historically, most immigrants came from Europe and settled in the Northeast of the United States of America. In recent times, immigrants come from Latin America, Africa and Asia into the United States of America, settling throughout the country from the West to the South.
The African Plate is a major tectonic plate straddling the equator as well as the prime meridian. It includes much of the continent of Africa, as well as oceanic crust which lies between the continent and various surrounding ocean ridges. Between 60 million years ago and 10 million years ago, the Somali Plate began rifting from the African Plate along the East African Rift.[2] Since the continent of Africa consists of crust from both the African and the Somali plates, some literature refers to the African Plate as the Nubian Plate to distinguish it from the continent as a whole.
