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AUTHOR |
Witiw, Sebastian, author. |
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TITLE |
Earth's hottest places / by Sebastian Witiw. |
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IMPRINT |
New York : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2015. |
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DESCRIPTION |
1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations, maps. |
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SERIES |
Earth's most extreme places. |
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SERIES |
Gale virtual reference library. |
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NOTE |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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CONTENT NOTE |
Extreme heat -- Death Valley -- Why so hot? -- El Azizia, Libya -- Ground and land skin temperature -- The Lut Desert -- Timbuktu, Mali -- Dallol, Ethiopia -- Seriously hot. |
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SUMMARY |
In this book, readers will learn why some locations are so hot, different ways of measuring temperature, and the health risks of extreme heat. Death Valley, the Sahara, and Ethiopia are highlighted in text and on maps in this trip around the globe in search of Earth's hottest places. |
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SUBJECT |
Climatic extremes. |
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SUBJECT |
Tropics. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Gale Group. |
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SERIES |
Earth's most extreme places. |
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LINK |
Available via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access |
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ISBN |
9781482419047 (electronic book). |