The Gobi Desert / by Molly Aloian.
Material type:
TextSeries: Deserts around the world (Crabtree Publishing Company)Publisher: Ontario ; New York ; Hove ; Coburg North VIC : Crabtree Publishing Company, [2012]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0778707105 (reinforced library binding : alkaline paper)
- 0778707180 (paperbadk : alkaline paper)
- 9780778707103 (reinforced library binding : alkaline paper)
- 9780778707189 (paperbadk : alkaline paper)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 915.173 A453 | Available | 33111007034917 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This intriguing book describes the geological makeup and history of the Gobi Desert in Mongolia and China. Temperatures can get very cold and frost and snow are not unusual. Readers will learn about the variety of habitats in this vast desert system that support many different kinds of plants and animals such as camels, snow leopards, and bears. The Gobi Desert is also where the first dinosaur egg fossils were found. Special sections describe the desert's natural resources, such as copper and gold, and the unique problems facing this region such as the desert's alarming rate of desertification.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The great Gobi Desert -- Dry times -- Living in the Gobi -- Travel and commerce -- Great Gobi at risk -- Comparing the world's deserts.
"Guided reading: V"--P. [4] of cover.