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Super Earth encyclopedia / author, John Woodward ; Smithsonian consultant, Jeffery E. Post, Ph.D. ; general consultant, Professor Iain Stewart.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2017Edition: First American editionDescription: 207 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781465461872
  • 1465461876
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Unique earth: Earth in space -- Layered planet -- Dynamic Earth -- Spreading rifts -- Collision zones -- Earthquakes -- Volcanoes -- Superheated water -- Rocky planet -- Formidable formations: Andes mountain range -- San Andreas Fault -- Uluru -- Mount Everest -- Namib Desert Dunes -- Giant's Causeway -- Grand Canyon -- Salar De Uyuni -- Fairy Chimneys -- Atacama Desert -- White Desert -- Forest of Knives -- Great Rift Valley -- Mount Roraima -- Antelope Canyon -- Fire and steam: Kilauea -- Hawaiian Island Chain -- Erta Ale -- Dallol Hot Springs -- Rotorua -- Black Smokers -- Volcanic Java -- Mount Etna -- Yellowstone Caldera -- Frozen world: Kaskawulsh Glacier -- Ice-age Scars -- Norwegian Fjords -- Mendenhall Glacier -- Antarctica -- Icebergs -- Frost flowers -- Lake Baikal -- Water world: Victoria Falls -- Hang Son Doong -- Amazon River -- Dead Sea -- Cano Cristales -- Pamukkale -- Great Barrier Reef -- Ganges Delta -- Angel Falls -- Great Blue Hole -- Lake Natron -- Extreme weather: Thunderstorm -- Supercell -- Tornado -- Microburst -- Hurricane -- Ice storm -- Fire devil -- Aurora Borealis -- South Asian Monsoon -- Dust storm -- Disaster zones: Philippine earthquake -- Japanese tsunami -- Pompeii -- Mount Pinatubo -- Black Saturday bushfires -- Hurricane Katrina -- Sahel drought -- Living earth: Rainforest -- Savanna -- Desert -- Temperate forest -- Boreal forest -- Tundra -- Marine habitats.
Summary: Presents a tour of Earth's natural structures, weather patterns, ocean phenomena, and constantly changing features.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 550 W911 Available 33111008940914
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 550 W911 Available 33111008757979
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This visual encyclopedia is the ultimate page-turner, bringing our planet's most diverse and dramatic features together in spectacular style.

Go on a breathtaking journey around the world. Scale the highest mountains, explore incredible weather patterns, and come face-to-face with the deadly forces of nature.


Kids can explore the incredible, ever-changing features of Earth through mind-blowing photography, brand-new CGI artwork, fun facts, and stats. This fascinating reference book is sure to inspire the ecologists and scientists of tomorrow.

Curious kids want to know everything about their planet. How do tornadoes form? What does the center of a volcanic eruption look like? Where is the hottest inhabited place on Earth? Investigate our world from its core to its cosmic connections when you journey through the spectacular imagery of colorful coral reefs, castle-like ice caves, and violent microbursts.

This lively encyclopedia engages young readers with riveting information and eye-catching photography. Super Earth Encyclopedia will take your child on a jaw-dropping journey of discovering the most fascinating features of our planet.

The Biggest, Highest, Most Extraordinary Features on Our Planet

Feel the mighty power of the highest waterfall and discover superheated water from a giant geyser. This educational book for children will ensure that you never look at the world, or its wonders, in the same way again.

Inside the pages of this stunning book about Earth, you'll find:

* Beautiful photography and CGI artworks of Earth's most dramatic features.
* Dashboard-style fact files that provide information at a glance.
* Informative, fun-to-read text that is based on the latest discoveries and scientific research.

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At head of title: Smithsonian.

Unique earth: Earth in space -- Layered planet -- Dynamic Earth -- Spreading rifts -- Collision zones -- Earthquakes -- Volcanoes -- Superheated water -- Rocky planet -- Formidable formations: Andes mountain range -- San Andreas Fault -- Uluru -- Mount Everest -- Namib Desert Dunes -- Giant's Causeway -- Grand Canyon -- Salar De Uyuni -- Fairy Chimneys -- Atacama Desert -- White Desert -- Forest of Knives -- Great Rift Valley -- Mount Roraima -- Antelope Canyon -- Fire and steam: Kilauea -- Hawaiian Island Chain -- Erta Ale -- Dallol Hot Springs -- Rotorua -- Black Smokers -- Volcanic Java -- Mount Etna -- Yellowstone Caldera -- Frozen world: Kaskawulsh Glacier -- Ice-age Scars -- Norwegian Fjords -- Mendenhall Glacier -- Antarctica -- Icebergs -- Frost flowers -- Lake Baikal -- Water world: Victoria Falls -- Hang Son Doong -- Amazon River -- Dead Sea -- Cano Cristales -- Pamukkale -- Great Barrier Reef -- Ganges Delta -- Angel Falls -- Great Blue Hole -- Lake Natron -- Extreme weather: Thunderstorm -- Supercell -- Tornado -- Microburst -- Hurricane -- Ice storm -- Fire devil -- Aurora Borealis -- South Asian Monsoon -- Dust storm -- Disaster zones: Philippine earthquake -- Japanese tsunami -- Pompeii -- Mount Pinatubo -- Black Saturday bushfires -- Hurricane Katrina -- Sahel drought -- Living earth: Rainforest -- Savanna -- Desert -- Temperate forest -- Boreal forest -- Tundra -- Marine habitats.

Presents a tour of Earth's natural structures, weather patterns, ocean phenomena, and constantly changing features.

Includes index.

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