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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... South Island from Fiordland to Blenheim , New Zealand TYPE Strike - slip ( right - lateral ) LENGTH 310 miles ( 500 km ) ACTIVITY Active Wellington South North Island Island Great Alpine Fault The Great Alpine Fault of New Zealand is ...
... South Island from Fiordland to Blenheim , New Zealand TYPE Strike - slip ( right - lateral ) LENGTH 310 miles ( 500 km ) ACTIVITY Active Wellington South North Island Island Great Alpine Fault The Great Alpine Fault of New Zealand is ...
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... SOUTH AMERICA northwest Northwest South American rainforest A PACIFIC OCEAN LOCATION On the west coast of Colombia , from the Panama border in the north , south toward Ecuador Medelling TYPE Tropical rainforest AREA 2,160 square miles ...
... SOUTH AMERICA northwest Northwest South American rainforest A PACIFIC OCEAN LOCATION On the west coast of Colombia , from the Panama border in the north , south toward Ecuador Medelling TYPE Tropical rainforest AREA 2,160 square miles ...
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... South American Plate 37 , 106 , 109 , 159 , 425 , 480 , 484-85 South China Basin 420 South China Sea 420 South Equatorial Current 421 , 449 South Georgia 200 , 424 , 425 South Island Fernbird 331 South Pole 31 , 448 , 494 South Sandwich ...
... South American Plate 37 , 106 , 109 , 159 , 425 , 480 , 484-85 South China Basin 420 South China Sea 420 South Equatorial Current 421 , 449 South Georgia 200 , 424 , 425 South Island Fernbird 331 South Pole 31 , 448 , 494 South Sandwich ...
Contents
MANAGING EDITOR Amanda Lebentz | 6 |
THE EARTH IN SPACE | 43 |
THE ANATOMY OF THE EARTH | 53 |
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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