The Cherrytree Book of the Earth
By Tom Mariner.
Description
This book tells the story of how the earth works—how its cracked surface is constantly on the move, how the oceans widen and the continents collide, and how volcanoes create new rocks while weather and the agents of erosion destroy and re-form the existing land. It explores the enormous range of life that the Earth can support, from the species found in deserts and in high mountainous regions to the creatures that can survive in the darkest depths of the oceans. There are studies of the different rocks and their conditions of formation, of rivers and the effect of ice and water on the...
ISBN(s)
0745151817, 9780745151816
