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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... range forms a dramatic backdrop to the Mediterranean beaches of the Costa del Sol . The range is the most southerly part of the more extensive Betic Cordillera , which runs southwest to northeast from Cadiz to Alicante , and continues ...
... range forms a dramatic backdrop to the Mediterranean beaches of the Costa del Sol . The range is the most southerly part of the more extensive Betic Cordillera , which runs southwest to northeast from Cadiz to Alicante , and continues ...
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... Range , seemed to be a single mountain chain uplifted plateau with a great scarp face set back inland . The Great Dividing Range actually consists of a complex of tablelands and lowlands , rising to higher , alpinelike peaks in the ...
... Range , seemed to be a single mountain chain uplifted plateau with a great scarp face set back inland . The Great Dividing Range actually consists of a complex of tablelands and lowlands , rising to higher , alpinelike peaks in the ...
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... Range , Australia ) 170 Buachaille Étive Mor 160 Bukhan Range 368 Caledonian Range 107 , 156 , 158 , 160 Carpathians 164 Cascade Range 106 , 118 , 140 , 155 , 176 , 177 , 309 Caucasus 164 Cerro Negro 173 , 451 Cerro Pirámide 272 Chugach ...
... Range , Australia ) 170 Buachaille Étive Mor 160 Bukhan Range 368 Caledonian Range 107 , 156 , 158 , 160 Carpathians 164 Cascade Range 106 , 118 , 140 , 155 , 176 , 177 , 309 Caucasus 164 Cerro Negro 173 , 451 Cerro Pirámide 272 Chugach ...
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