The mighty oceans
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TextPublication details: London, UK Reader's Digest Association, 2006Description: 160 pages : illustrations 28 cmISBN: - 9780276441929
- 551.46 R22
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Junior High Library Junior High School Library | General References | GNR 551.46 R22 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1-1 | Available | 58752 |
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| GNR 551.46 G15 1995 I wonder why: the sea is salty/ | GNR 551.46 G15 2002 Science files: oceans/ | GNR 551.46 M11 2000 Dorling kindersley eyewitness books: ocean/ | GNR 551.46 R22 2006 The mighty oceans | GNR 551.46 T21 2002 Qustions and Answers: oceans and rivers/ | GNR 551.48 04 2002 Science Files: rivers and lakes/ | GNR 551.483 B35 2003 Biomes Atlases: rivers and lakes/ |
Includes index
1 The Blue Planet -- The World Ocean 18 -- What Is Seawater? 22 -- The Deep Blue Sea 26 -- How the Oceans Formed 28 -- 2 Mighty Currents -- Rivers in the Sea 34 -- The Gulf Stream 40 -- El Nino 44 -- 3 Wave Power -- How Waves Form 50 -- Tsunami 56 -- 4 Life at the Edge -- Tides 64 -- Races and Whirlpools 70 -- Survival on the Shore 72 -- Breeding with the Tides 78 -- Coral Reefs 80 -- 5 Giants -- The Big Catch 86 -- Sharks 88 -- Whales 94 -- 6 Life in the Open Ocean -- Ocean Drifters 108 -- Out of the Blue 114 -- Marvels of the Sea 118 -- Living with the Sea 120 -- 7 The Ocean Depths -- Perilous Descent 124 -- Hidden Landscapes 130 -- 8 The Icy Seas -- The Frozen Frontier 138 -- Leads and Polynya 150 -- Life Under Ice 152
"The oceans cover two-thirds of the globe. Discover the secrets of this dynamic natural environment - driving force of the Earth's climate and weather, and home to an astonishing variety of life." --
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