Deserts and polar regions around the world
By: Jen Green.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Geography now
Publisher: PowerKids Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781435828742; 9781435829602
Subjects: Deserts -- Juvenile literature; Polar regions -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What are deserts?; title: Why do deserts form?; title: Shaping deserts; title: Desert wildlife; title: Using deserts; title: Protecting deserts; title: Sahara Desert: Earth's largest desert; title: The Namib: a foggy desert; title: Australian deserts: outback survival; title: Gobi Desert: wandering the wastes; title: Mojave and Sonoran deserts: desert cities; title: Arabian desert: oil-rich desert; title: Antarctica: frozen desert.