Floods
By: Michael Allaby ; illustrations by Richard Garratt.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: Facts on File science library; Dangerous weather
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780816047949
Subjects: Floods -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-187).
Table of contents: title: Where floods happen : El Nino; title: Evaporation, precipitation, and transpiration : partial pressure and vapor pressure ; humidity; title: How the land drains; title: Rivers : why it rains more on mountainsides ; kinetic energy; title: Floodplains and meanders : the Bernoulli effect; title: Flash floods; title: Storms and cloudbursts : lapse rates and stability ; latent heat and dewpoint; title: Thunder and lightning : charge separation; title: Tsunamis : tsunami warning system; title: Tides : laws of motion ; the Coriolis effect; title: Tidal surges : air pressure, highs and lows; title: Monsoons : intertropical convergence and the equatorial trough; title: Aquifers, springs, and wells; title: Vegetation and natural drainage; title: The Nile floods and the Aswan Dams; title: Wet rice farming; title: Coastal erosion : glacioisostasy ; Isle of the Dead; title: Saltwater infiltration : osmosis; title: Flood damage; title: Floods and soil erosion : soil erosion; title: Floods of the past; title: Land dranage; title: Wetlands; title: Levees; title: Dams; title: Canalization; title: Flood prediction; title: Safety.