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1) Forests
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"Simple text and supportive images introduce beginning readers to the physical characteristics and geographic locations of forests"--Provided by publisher.
2) Canyons
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Simple text and full-color photos explain how canyons form and why they are an important landform.
3) Caves
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Simple text and full-color photos explain how caves form and why they are an important landform.
4) Glaciers
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"Simple text and full-color photos explain how glaciers form and why they are an important landform"--Provided by publisher.
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"Illustrated guide to the formation, geology, and features of planet Earth. Delve beneath the surface of Earth with this pictorial atlas and discover the secrets of our planet. How did planet Earth form? What's under the surface, and how can we see it? Why do volcanoes erupt? What do coasts and caves have in common? What's so important about rocks and soil? All these questions and more are answered in The Earth Atlas - a lavishly illustrated guide...
6) Islands
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Simple text and color photographs explain how islands form, types of islands, and life on islands.
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"The only world atlas updated annually, guaranteeing that users will find the most current geographic information, Oxford's Atlas of the World is the most authoritative atlas on the market. Full of crisp, clear cartography of urban areas and virtually uninhabited landscapes around the globe, the Atlas is filled with maps of cities and regions at carefully selected scales that give a striking view of the Earth's surface. It opens with a fascinating...
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Those who have encountered Cape Cod--or merely dipped into an account of its rich history--know that it is a singular place. Robert Finch writes of its beaches: "No other place I know sears the heart with such a constant juxtaposition of pleasure and pain, of beauty being born and destroyed in the same moment." And nowhere within its borders is this truth more vivid and dramatic than along the forty miles of Atlantic coast--what Finch has always known...
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Provides an introduction to the study of geology; explains how Earth fits into the solar system; discusses how activity within the planet creates movement on the surface, such as occurs with earthquakes and volcanoes; considers the impact of weather cycles on Earth; and looks at how human activites affect the planet.
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This exquisitely updated edition of National Geographic's popular and reader-friendly Family Reference Atlas features authoritative maps, detailed artwork, and explanatory graphics--an indispensable source of information for inquiring minds, young and old. In these richly illustrated pages, every country in the world is represented by a detailed map within its geographical context and also its flag, key statistics, and secondary maps with environmental...
16) Planet earth
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Infographics illustrate facts about the Earth, providing information about such topics as the rock and water cycles, the world's tallest mountains, and tectonic plates.
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Cynthia Barnett's "Rain "begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science--the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains--with the human story of our ambition to control rain, from ancient rain dances to the 2,203 miles of levees that attempt to straitjacket the Mississippi River. As climate change upends rai nfall patterns and unleashes...