Desert / by A. Starker Leopold and the editors of Life.
Material type: TextSeries: Life nature library: Publisher: New York ; Time, Inc. 1961Description: 192 p. : illustrations (some color, some folded), map ; 28 cmUniform titles: Life (Chicago, Ill.) Subject(s): Life (Chicago) | Deserts | Desert ecology | Desert resources development | Desert ecology | Desert resources development | Deserts | Deserts | Desert resources development | Desert ecology | DesertsAdditional physical formats: Online version:: DesertDDC classification: 503 LOC classification: GB611 | .L4J551.4 LItem type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Reference | GKVK Library | 503 L.N.L (Browse shelf) | Not for loan | G-2200 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Scorched belts on the earth -- The creation of deserts -- Plants under the sun -- World of desert animals -- Water: the eternal problem -- Life patterns in arid lands -- Man against desert -- The desert tamed.
Describes the climate, land formations, vegetation, animals, water supplies, and people of the earth's deserts.
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