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Title:

American deserts [videorecording] / co-produced by Bill Pendergraft ; Environmental Media Corporation ; and Snyder Productions Limited.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Environmental Media Corp.,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Environmental education.
Desert ecology--America--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Desert biology--Southwestern States.
Chihuahuan Desert.
Sonoran Desert.
Mojave Desert (Calif.)
Great Basin.

Other Authors:

Smith, Dave.
Pendergraft, Bill.
Lynch, Ida Phillips.
Snyder, Jere.
Environmental Media Corporation.
Snyder Productions.

Notes:

A series of three 10-minute programs.

Contents:

Water in the desert. Life in the desert -- Water in the desert.

Summary:

This video explores the four US deserts, Chihuahuan, Sonoran, Mojave, and Great Basin. Program one defines the desert biome, showing the range of life in American deserts. Program two illustrates the diversity of life in the desert, showing how plants and animals have adapted to a life of extremes. Program three describes how the availability of water controls the deserts range of plants and animals, and the historic and contemporary use of the desert by people.

Series:

The Biomes Project ; 4

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52863223

Locations:

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)