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Author:

Jenkins, Steve, 1952-

Title:

Earth : by the numbers / Steve Jenkins.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

39 pages ; color illustrations, 24 cm

Subject:

Earth (Planet)--Juvenile literature.
Geology--Juvenile literature.
Climatology--Juvenile fiction.
Graphs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 39). "A book of infographics"-- cover.

Contents:

The earth's surface -- The changing globe -- What's inside? -- The deepest places -- Volcanoes -- Earthquakes -- Mountains -- Rivers and lakes -- Ice and snow -- Oceans -- Tornadoes -- Hurricanes -- Danger from the sky -- Danger from the sea -- Earth's extremes -- A warming planet -- The earth: a timeline.

Summary:

"Discover some of the most fascinating aspects of our planet through astonishing numbers: the stretch of time from Earth's formation to the present, the misleading way the surface area of a continent can appear on a map, the angle of Earth's axis that creates the seasons, what percentage of Earth's land is covered in deserts or forests or cities, and so much more."-- provided by publisher.

ISBN:

132885101X
9781328851017
9781328851024
1328851028

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1045491027

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