Description |
64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 26 cm. |
Series |
Disasters up close
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
What are droughts? -- What causes droughts? -- Drought country -- Measuring droughts -- People helping people -- The future. |
Summary |
Explains what droughts are and what causes them, provides the history of droughts around the world, and describes how scientists study them and what can be done to relieve or prevent them. |
Local Note |
9 |
Subject |
Droughts -- Juvenile literature.
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Added Author |
Woods, Mary B. (Mary Boyle), 1946-
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ISBN |
0822565765 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) |
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9780822565765 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) : $27.93 |
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