Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Droughts.

Material type: TextTextSeries: World Book's library of natural disastersPublisher: Chicago, IL : World Book, Inc., [2018]Edition: 3rd editionDescription: 56 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780716699309
  • 9780716699286 (set)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QC 929.25 .D838 2018
Contents:
What is a drought? -- The impacts of drought -- In town and country -- Droughts of the past -- Heat waves -- Europe 1975-1976 -- Wind and dust -- Dust bowl -- Measuring drought -- Seasons and cycles -- On the great plains -- Wildfires -- Deforestation -- Along the Amazon -- Desertification -- In the Sahel -- Famine -- Indian drought and famine of 1899-1900 -- Crisis in Africa -- Australia's epic drought -- Living with drought -- Central U.S. drought of 2012-2013 -- California drought of 2011-2017 -- Brazilian drought of 2014-2016.
Summary: "A discussion of droughts, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant droughts from history"-- Provided by publisher.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Reference Reference DLSU-D HS Learning Resource Center Reference Reference QC 929.25 .D838 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3SHS2019000873
Browsing DLSU-D HS Learning Resource Center shelves, Shelving location: Reference, Collection: Reference Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
QC 903.15 .R816 2015 The race to survive climate change QC 926.32 .B619 2018 Blizzards. QC 926.37 .Ic2 2018 Ice storms. QC 929.25 .D838 2018 Droughts. QC 944.2 .H942 2018 Hurricanes, typhoons, & other tropical cyclones. QC 955.2 .T632 2018 Tornadoes. QC 968.2 .T424 2018 Thunderstorms.

Includes index.

What is a drought? -- The impacts of drought -- In town and country -- Droughts of the past -- Heat waves -- Europe 1975-1976 -- Wind and dust -- Dust bowl -- Measuring drought -- Seasons and cycles -- On the great plains -- Wildfires -- Deforestation -- Along the Amazon -- Desertification -- In the Sahel -- Famine -- Indian drought and famine of 1899-1900 -- Crisis in Africa -- Australia's epic drought -- Living with drought -- Central U.S. drought of 2012-2013 -- California drought of 2011-2017 -- Brazilian drought of 2014-2016.

"A discussion of droughts, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant droughts from history"-- Provided by publisher.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.