Author: Kerri O'Donnell
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781404251199
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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This book explores some of the world's most famous natural wonders, explaining measurements in the U.S. customary system and the metric system.
Author: Kerri O'Donnell
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781404251199
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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This book explores some of the world's most famous natural wonders, explaining measurements in the U.S. customary system and the metric system.
Author: Bethany Lord
Publisher: Ivy Kids
ISBN: 1782407901
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Twelve amazing natural wonders are seen through the eyes of illustrator Bethany Lord from above! Children will be amazed by the way the Great Barrier Reef, Mount Everest, Victoria Falls, and other stunning geographic features look from a bird’s-eye view, which is close enough to see some detail but grants a new perspective to the viewer. Simple explanatory text will introduce young readers to each wonder, providing key facts and context as well as encouraging readers to take in the exciting visuals.
Author: DK
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN: 0241428432
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Visit the world's greatest natural wonders in this spectacular visual guide.?? Your journey gets underway with an inspiring foreword by celebrated naturalist Chris Packham, before you explore our planet as never before. Cross the continents to enjoy the most breathtaking landscapes and natural features on Earth. The diverse range of delights includes the Rocky Mountains, Namib Desert, Great Barrier Reef, Skógafoss waterfall, Ninety Mile Beach, Antarctic ice sheets, Amazon River - and everywhere in between. ?Captivating landscape photography combines with 3D terrain models, explanatory artworks, and accessible text to reveal what lies beneath the surface and show how incredible geographical features are formed. To complete this picture-perfect package, all the plants and animals inhabiting these remarkable environments are also included, making Natural Wonders of the World a complete celebration of our world today.? Satisfy your wanderlust from the comfort of your armchair as you experience our wonderful world in unparalleled depth and detail.?
Author: Richard L. Scheffel
Publisher: Readers Digest
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 463
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Dramatic, full-color photography, accurate diagrams, illustrations, and relief maps, a comprehensive glossary, and a complete index all contribute to an informative and visually appealing survey of the world's extraordinary natural wonders
Author: Michael Woods
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 0822590719
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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This book explores Zimbabwe's other natural wonders, as well as its history, people, and culture.
Author: Dorling Kindersley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780241276297
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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A continent by continent exploration of planet Earth's most amazing natural wonders and captivating landscapes, with a foreword by Chris Packham. From Iceland's Sk�gafoss to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, discover which of the world wonders should definitely make it onto your bucket list with this unparalleled survey of the world's incredible natural treasures. Natural Wonders of the World combines breathtaking landscape photography with 3D terrain models and other explanatory artworks to reveal what lies beneath the surface and show how geographical features are formed. From South America's Amazon River to Asia's Himalayas and Australia's Ninety Mile Beach, this is a truly unrivalled exploration of Earth's most amazing places. To complete the picture, the plants and animals that inhabit these remarkable environments are also included, making Natural Wonders of the World a unique celebration of our world as well as the most accessible-ever guide to Earth's geological processes and features.
Author: Sue Naylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780875183312
Category : Landforms
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Introduces some of the world's natural wonders, including the Himalayas, Grand Canyon, and Giant's Causeway.
Author: Vikas Khatri
Publisher: V&S Publishers
ISBN: 9350572478
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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The earth is indeed an extraordinary planet and not just because of the infinite variety of life that it supports, the land itself is fabricated marvelously with wonders that possess inherent capacity to attract and allure people throughout the ages. The wonders of the world that are discussed in the book have been the subject of many books over the centuries, but our aim is to present something much more enlightening, stimulating, and engaging than straightforward description.
Author: Michael Bright
Publisher: Chartwell Books
ISBN: 0785835830
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 960
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With the help of some of the world’s leading explorers, 1001 Natural Wonders circumnavigates the globe, traveling from arid deserts to frozen wastes, across grasslands and steppe, lakes and rivers, and from mountain tops to ocean depths. Each wonder has been selected for its grandeur and sheer natural beauty. This is the definitive guide to the most spectacular sights in the natural world, celebrating hundreds of millions of years of the Earth’s long and furious history. Some places are located in the remote wilderness, others just a bus ride from town, but whatever and wherever they are, they are rendered here with an inspiring immediacy. Entries are packed with information on the creation and development, location and spectacle of each phenomenon. 100 Natural Wonders is the most detailed and comprehensive guide of its kind. For the would-be explorer, dedicated tourist, traveler, nature-lover, student, or simply for the inquisitive, this compilation of the world’s most amazing vistas and experiences is an absolute must, an insight into our planet’s priceless resources.
Author: Lonely Planet
Publisher: Lonely Planet
ISBN: 1787010392
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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From the people who've been delivering trustworthy guidebooks to every destination in the world for 40 years, Lonely Planet's 50 Natural Wonders To Blow Your Mind will take you on a tour of the world's most mind-boggling wild and wonderful places, and help you discover just how extraordinary our planet really is. For all of our obsessions with man-made wonders, nothing compares to the creations of Mother Nature. Vast underground cave systems, wild desert landscapes, breathtaking waterfalls, staggering geology and spectacular vestiges of our prehistoric past all remind us of our small place in Earth's story. Even with our ever-expanding knowledge of the way the world has come to be, some landscapes still leave us utterly perplexed. This is the mystery and the majesty of the natural world. In this book we've attempted to capture just a fraction of what our planet has to offer, and we hope it inspires you to get out and find your own slice of pleasure in the great outdoors. Contents: Beach idyll Beach of the Cathedrals // Spain Hidden Beach, Marieta Islands // Mexico Moeraki Boulders, South Island // New Zealand Palawan Island // The Philippines Santorini, Cyclades Islands // Greece Vaadhoo Island // Maldives Deep down Cave of Crystals // Mexico Darvaza Crater // Turkmenistan Grand Prismatic Spring, Wyoming // USA Great Barrier Reef, Queensland // Australia Great Blue Hole // Belize Hang Son Doong // Vietnam Jeita Grotto, Keserwan // Lebanon Lake Baikal, Siberia // Russia Manjanggul Lava Tube // South Korea Marble Caves // Chile and Argentina Mendenhall Ice Caves, Alaska // USA The Mariana Trench // Western Pacific Ocean Mountainous wonders Huangguoshu Waterfall // China Lauterbrunnen Valley // Switzerland Milford Sound, South Island // New Zealand Mount Everest // Nepal and Tibet Mount Roraima // Venezuela Musandam Fjords // Oman Perito Moreno Glacier // Argentina The Grand Canyon, Arizona // USA Tianzi Mountains // China Trolltunga // Norway Mystical and mythical Aurora Borealis // Greenland Fairy Pools, Isle of Skye // Scotland Fingal's Cave, Inner Hebrides // Scotland Giant's Causeway, County Antrim // Northern Ireland The Waitomo Glow-worm Caves // New Zealand Uluru, Northern Territory // Australia National parks Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory // Australia Lencois Maranhenses National Park // Brazil Plitvice Lakes National Park // Croatia The Wildebeest Migration // Tanzania and Kenya Yosemite National Park, California // USA Strange landscapes Bristlecone Pines, California // USA Crooked Forest // Poland Eye of the Sahara // Mauritania Ice Towers of Mount Erebus // Antarctica Living Root Bridges of Cherrapunji // India Pamukkale // Turkey Sagano Bamboo Forest // Japan Salar de Uyuni // Bolivia Socotra Island and Archipelago // Yemen Spotted Lake, British Columbia // Canada White Desert // Egypt About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. The world awaits! Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.
