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Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Part science, part carnival--this winding adventure down the Amazon River with award-winning author Sy Montgomery and photographer Keith Ellenbogen explores how tiny fish, called piabas, can help preserve not only the rainforest and it's often misunderstood inhabitants, but the fate of our entire environment."--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Without risking life or limb, readers can explore the wonders and beauty of the Amazon in this Where Is ...? title. Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the 'population' of this geographic wonderland. The Amazon River basin teems with life--animal and plant alike. It's a rainforest that is home to an estimated 390 billion individual trees, 2.5 million species of...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Looking for adventure? Take a trip down the Amazon with this book! From its start as an icy stream high in the Andes all the way to the Atlantic Ocean, each turn of this mysterious river reveals new and wonderful secrets. Geography of the World introduces students to the major geographic features of our planet. With original maps and brilliant photographs, each book answers basic questions about how each geographic area developed, what makes it unique,...
5) The Amazon
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
An overview of the Amazon River, its physical features, plants and wildlife, history, economics, towns and cities, vanishing Indians, and environmental threats.
6) Amazon River
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
An overview of South America's Amazon River, which is approximately 4000 miles long.
7) River life
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Describes the geology, topography, and fishes of the Amazon River Region.
8) The Amazon
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Describes the effects of the world's second longest river on the history, food, economy, transportation, plants, wildlife, and people of the region through which it flows.
9) Amazon River
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"A fundamental introduction to the Amazon River, including the rainforests that surround it, the creatures that live in it, and how people have affected its tropical environment"--Provided by publisher.
12) The Amazon river
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the ecology, importance and history of the Amazon river.
14) Amazon River
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
US edition.
Language
English
Description
"Beginning with a tiny trickle high in the mountains, smaller streams join until they form the world's largest river. Crossing a continent, it winds through lush rainforest until it meets the ocean. From snapping piranha fish to the giant anaconda, this mighty waterway is home to planet Earth's most incredible ecosystem"--Back cover.
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