Discovering the wonders of our world / editor, Noel Buchanan ; art editor, Joanna Walker
Contributor(s): Buchanan, Noel [editor].
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BookPublisher: London : Reader's Digest Association Limited, 1993Edition: First edition.Description: 456 pages : color illustrations, maps.Content type: text, still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0276421086.Subject(s): Natural history | Natural monuments| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Bagong Silangan Branch Reference Section | Circulation | C 508 D611 1993 (Browse shelf) | Available | 127009d |
At head of title: Reader's Digest.
Includes index.
The world's greatest natural wonders:
Africa
Europe
Middle East and Asia
Australia
New Zealand and the Pacific
North America
South Africa
Antarctica
Forces that shape the earth:
The forces that shape the Earth
Why the continents are drifting across the globe
The fiery, active youth of volcanoes
Volcanoes in old age
The cracks where the Earth divides
Lurching rocks that can wreak terrible destruction
The violent birth of mountains
Sun and gravity : forces of erosion
Limestone country : land of caves and dry valleys
Coasts : where land and sea battle for supremacy
How rivers carve patters in the land
The brief lives of lakes
The awesome power of glaciers to sculpt the landscape
Deserts : changing landscapes sandblasted by the world
Oceans of drifting sand
Features:
Venturing "beyond the garden gate"
Patterns of toil and husbandry
Accepting a challenge from nature
Landscape in the eye of the beholder
Powerful backdrops for screen drama
Awesome monuments to lost empires
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