Drought
By: Catherine Chambers.
Edition: Rev. and updated.
Series: Wild weather; Heinemann first library
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781403495761; 9781403495853
Subjects: Droughts -- Juvenile literature; Droughts -- Physiological effect -- Juvenile literature; Droughts
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Describes what causes droughts, the conditions that exist during a drought, the harmful and beneficial effects of dry periods, and their impact on humans, plants, and animals.
Table of contents: title: What is drought?; title: Where does drought happen?; title: Why doesn't the rain fall?; title: Why does drought happen?; title: What are droughts like?; title: Harmful drought; title: Drought in the Sahel; title: Preparing for drought; title: Coping with drought (general); title: Coping with drought in the Sahel; title: How do animals and plants cope?; title: To the rescue!; title: Adapting to drought.