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Side-by-side line graphs compare exponential and logistic population growth. The exponential growth graph shows a curve rising steeply upward, while the logistic growth graph shows an S-shaped curve leveling off at the carrying capacity of the environment.

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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

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