Running water
Subtitle: our most precious resource
By: Louise Spilsbury
Series: Geography focus; Geography focus
Publisher: Raintree; Raintree Publishers; Heinemann Library
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781740702768; 9781406202823
Subjects: Water conservation; Juvenile literature; Water; Water-supply
Description: Find out where thw world's water supplies come from, how we use water and why we need to use less.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 44) and index.
Table of contents: title: The world's water; title: Where does water come from?; title: How do rivers form?; title: Lakes, ponds, and wetlands; title: How do people get water?; title: How is water used?; title: The importance of clean water; title: Water and population growth; title: How does water get polluted?; title: Water and farming; title: Land use and water; title: Water disasters; title: Water and the natural world; title: Animals under threat; title: Investigating water stresses.