Nature's great events

In this companion book to the television series, six of the most spectacular natural phenomena on our planet are explored--the flooding of the Okavango Delta in Botswana; the melting of 10 million square kilometers of ice in the Arctic; the migration of the Serengeti; the great salmon run in British...

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Other Authors: Bass, Karen
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Language:English
Published: Chicago [Ill] : University of Chicago Press, c2009.
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245 0 0 |a Nature's great events /  |c general editor, Karen Bass ; introduction by Brian Leith. 
260 |a Chicago [Ill] :  |b University of Chicago Press,  |c c2009. 
300 |a 320 p. :  |b col. ill., col. maps ;  |c 29 cm. 
500 |a Companion book to the television series. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 315) and index. 
505 0 |a The great flood -- The great feast -- The great migration -- The great melt -- The great salmon run -- The great tide. 
520 |a In this companion book to the television series, six of the most spectacular natural phenomena on our planet are explored--the flooding of the Okavango Delta in Botswana; the melting of 10 million square kilometers of ice in the Arctic; the migration of the Serengeti; the great salmon run in British Columbia; the explosion of sea life in Alaska's coastal waters; and perhaps the greatest marine spectacle on the planet, the annual tide of sardines along South Africa's east coast. 
650 0 |a Natural history. 
650 0 |a Animal migration. 
650 0 |a Biological rhythms. 
650 0 |a Animal populations. 
650 0 |a Animal behavior. 
650 0 |a Cycles. 
650 0 |a Seasons. 
690 0 |a Stein, Sylvia tribute. 
700 1 |a Bass, Karen. 
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