The Amazon
New York, New York : DK Publishing, [2022]
Format: Book
Edition: Revised edition.
Description: 72 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
Introduces the Amazon River and the rain forest that surrounds it, describing their physical characteristics and the plants and animals that live there, and discusses its people, their history, economic and social conditions, and other details -- Provided by publisher.
Series: DK eyewitness books
Contents:
The Amazon -- The Amazon Basin -- The Amazon River -- Land of forests -- Around the rain forest -- Wetlands -- Plants and fungi -- Birds of the Amazon -- Amazon monkeys -- On the forest floor -- Creepy-crawlies -- In and around the river -- Hunting for food -- Of both worlds -- Forest reptiles -- Amazon fish -- Ancient civilizations -- Discovery and conquest -- Myths -- Traditional life -- Modern Amazonia -- Getting around -- Deforestation -- Mining and damming -- Endangered species -- Modern industry -- Conservation -- Ecotourism -- Farming -- Amazon wonders -- Amazon facts -- Amazon by country.
Subjects:
Rain forests -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature.
Natural history -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature.
Rain forests -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature.
Natural history -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
0744062543
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C GEOGRAPHY South Am Jac | Sandhills Indoors | First Level Display, Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 5/28/2024) |
C GEOGRAPHY South Am Jac | Southeast | Children's NonFiction | In |