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Author:

Dennis, Jerry.

Title:

The bird in the waterfall : a natural history of oceans, rivers and lakes / Jerry Dennis ; drawings by Glenn Wolff.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

1996

Description:

ix, 340 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Water.

Other Authors:

Wolff, Glenn.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

[ch]. 22. Call of the mermaid. [ch]. 2. Water and life -- [ch]. 3. Water underground -- [ch]. 4. Magic of springs -- [ch]. 5. In hot water: thermal springs and geysers -- [ch]. 6. Birth of a river: brooks and creeks -- [ch]. 7. Meandering rivers -- [ch]. 8. Anatomy of rivers -- [ch]. 9. Bird in the waterfall -- [ch]. 10. Over the waterfall -- [ch]. 11. Color of water -- [ch]. 12. Ice -- [ch]. 13. Sky water: ponds and lakes -- [ch]. 14. Life on the surface -- [ch]. 15. Salt lakes and sea monkeys -- [ch]. 16. Mother ocean -- [ch]. 17. Salt water -- [ch]. 18. Waves -- [ch]. 19. Tug of the moon: ocean tides -- [ch]. 20. Dynamic beach -- [ch]. 21. Tracks in the sand: the migration of sea turtles -- [ch]. 22. Call of the mermaid.

ISBN:

9780060170943
0060170948

LCCN:

96015176

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

W7AX771 -- Urban Campus (Des Moines)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

TLPB492 -- Krabbenhoft Public Library (Sabula)

PGAX715 -- Northwest Iowa Community College Library - Sheldon (Sheldon)