EarthJames F. Luhr In the best-selling tradition of Smithsonian Animal, this extraordinary survey of our planet provides unrivaled insight into the forces and processes that formed our environment and which continue to influence its evolution. With thousands of breathtaking photographs and unique visual catalogues of the features and phenomena that take place on Earth--such as rocks, minerals, and mountains to tropical rainforests and the different types of clouds--Earth contains the most up-to-date ideas on how our world works, a compelling review on the health of the planet, and unbelievable images of the world's most stunning features. |
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James F. Luhr. ATLANTIC OCEAN Atlantic Ocean LOCATION Between North and South America to the west and Europe and Africa to the east LIGHTHOUSES New York London Sahara ATLANTIC OCEAN Rio de Janeiro O Cape Town AREA 29.7 million square ...
James F. Luhr. ATLANTIC OCEAN Atlantic Ocean LOCATION Between North and South America to the west and Europe and Africa to the east LIGHTHOUSES New York London Sahara ATLANTIC OCEAN Rio de Janeiro O Cape Town AREA 29.7 million square ...
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... ATLANTIC OCEAN northwest Hudson Bay LOCATION A large basin from the Atlantic Ocean , extending into east and central Canada Hudson Strait Hudson Bay Churchill Nelson AREA 316,000 square miles ( 819,000 square km ) MAXIMUM DEPTH 900 ft ...
... ATLANTIC OCEAN northwest Hudson Bay LOCATION A large basin from the Atlantic Ocean , extending into east and central Canada Hudson Strait Hudson Bay Churchill Nelson AREA 316,000 square miles ( 819,000 square km ) MAXIMUM DEPTH 900 ft ...
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... ATLANTIC OCEAN northeast Bay of Biscay The Bay of Biscay lies partly over an area of continental shelf and partly over an abyssal plain . A number of islands dot the French area of the shelf . Navigation in the bay is often difficult ...
... ATLANTIC OCEAN northeast Bay of Biscay The Bay of Biscay lies partly over an area of continental shelf and partly over an abyssal plain . A number of islands dot the French area of the shelf . Navigation in the bay is often difficult ...
Contents
MANAGING EDITOR Amanda Lebentz | 6 |
THE EARTH IN SPACE | 43 |
THE ANATOMY OF THE EARTH | 53 |
Copyright | |
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Africa Antarctica Arctic Asia ATLANTIC OCEAN atmosphere Australia basaltic Basin boundary calcite carbon cave China climate cloud coast COLOR COMPOSITION contain continental cool coral Corbis crater crust CRYSTAL SYSTEM deep deposits desert Earth Earth's surface earthquake east erosion eruptions Europe evaporation fault flows forest fossil glacier glacier TERMINUS grains grasslands Gulf heat ice sheet igneous rocks impact intrusions island Lake land landscape largest lava layers limestone LOCATION magma mantle MAXIMUM DEPTH metamorphic meteorite million square km million years ago minerals mountains North America northern northwest occurs oceanic crust PACIFIC OCEAN Pacific Plate percent plants Plateau produce pyroclastic flows rain rainfall rainforest range reefs region ridges Rift rise river sand sea level sediment sedimentary rocks soil solar South southeast southern species square miles Stratovolcano streams subduction tectonic plates temperature trees tropical TYPE valley volcanic warm weathering wetlands wind world's zone