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Books in Earthforms series

  • Archipelagoes

    Niz, Xavier W., John D. Vitek, McMullen, Anne

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2005)
    Describes archipelagoes, including how they form, the plants and animals found on archipelagoes, along with how people and weather change archipelagoes. Also highlights some archipelagoes in North America, and the Malay Archipelago.
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  • Mapping Earthforms: Rivers

    Catherine Chambers

    Hardcover (Heinemann Educational Books - Library Division, Feb. 1, 2000)
    Part of a series exploring land and earthforms, this text investigates what a river is, how it came about, its features and how it can change over time. The book also discusses climate, vegetation, wildlife, settlement, land use and exploitation of the environment.
  • Mapping Earthforms: Lakes

    Catherine Chambers

    Hardcover (Heinemann Educational Books - Library Division, Feb. 1, 2000)
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  • Deserts

    C. Chambers, Nicholas Lapthorn

    Paperback (Heinemann Library, May 1, 2008)
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  • Islands

    Catherine Chambers, Nicholas Lapthorn

    Library Binding (Heinemann, Aug. 6, 2007)
    Where is the world's biggest island? How did a new island form in 1963? What is an archipelago? 'Mapping Earthforms' looks at the physical features that shape our landscape. The series explains how these features have developed, how they support and challenge living things today, and how they might change in the future. The series shows how the lives of people, plants, and animals are shaped by their environment, and how this environment is changing.
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  • Valleys

    C. Chambers, Nicholas Lapthorn

    Paperback (Heinemann Library, May 1, 2008)
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  • Volcanoes

    C. Chambers, Nicholas Lapthorn

    Paperback (Heinemann Library, May 1, 2008)
    What are interlocking spurs How can floods benefit some valleys Where does the beautiful Setesdal Valley lie and which river runs through it This title discusses V-shaped valleys, U-shaped valleys, river plain valleys, the wildlife of upland and lowland valleys, how our valleys are changing, and more.
  • Deserts

    Catherine Chambers, Nicholas Lapthorn

    Library Binding (Heinemann, Aug. 6, 2007)
    What is a zeugen? Are deserts always hot? Why do you often find deserts near mountains? 'Mapping Earthforms' looks at the physical features that shape our landscape. The series explains how these features have developed, how they support and challenge living things today, and how they might change in the future. The series shows how the lives of people, plants, and animals are shaped by their environment, and how this environment is changing.
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  • Mapping Earthforms: Oceans and Seas

    Catherine Chambers

    Paperback (Heinemann Educational Books - Library Division, April 3, 2001)
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  • Mapping Earthforms: Deserts

    Catherine Chambers

    Paperback (Heinemann Educational Books - Library Division, April 3, 2001)
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  • Valleys

    Melanie Waldron

    Hardcover (Heinemann Library, July 13, 2007)
    What are interlocking spurs? How can floods benefit some valleys? Where does the beautiful Setesdal Valley lie and which river runs through it? This title discusses V-shaped valleys, U-shaped valleys, river plain valleys, the wildlife of upland and lowland valleys, how our valleys are changing, and more.
  • Mountains

    Catherine Chambers

    Paperback (Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, April 1, 2001)
    This series explores land and earthforms. It combines geographical information about earthforms in different areas of the world with basic mapping information and discussion of human, plant and animal adaptation to different environments. The books investigate what the different earthforms are, how they came about, their features and how they change over time. Land use and the impact of settlement are considered, together with exploitation of the environment. Each book discusses the climate, vegetation and wildlife of earthforms in different areas and adaptations to those areas. There are maps to illustrate the concepts being discussed on each spread.
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