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The Amazon
ISBN: 9780190668280
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The Amazon (Regional and Area Studies)
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9780190668280 (10-digit ISBN: 0190668288)
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- Covers the whole Amazonian riverfront: the past, present, and future of a vast earth-supporting ecosystem
- Explores the variety of life found in the Amazon, from its tiny insects to its massive canopy system
- Vital to understanding human impact on the world's largest rainforest and current conservation efforts
- Includes information on all nine Amazonian countries, as well as the indigenous tribes
The Amazon is a land of superlatives. The complex ecosystem covers an area about the size of the continental U.S. The Amazon River discharges 57 million gallons of water per second—in two hours, this would be enough to supply all of New York City's 7.5 million residents with water for a year. Its flora and fauna are abundant. Approximately one of every four flowering plant species on earth resides in the Amazon.
The perfect primer for complex current event issues and countries…
Oxford University Press’s What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENTK) series offers a balanced and authoritative primer on complex current event issues and countries, spanning across popular topics and disciplines including Politics, Economics, Sciences, and Religion. WENTKs are written by leading experts in their fields and provide, in a straight-forward question-and-answer format, insight in such a way that students and scholars alike can stay up-to-date on the most important topics leading the discussion today in politics, health, global affairs, and more.
Please note: As this series is not ELT material, these titles are not subject to discount.
The Amazon is a land of superlatives. The complex ecosystem covers an area about the size of the continental U.S. The Amazon River discharges 57 million gallons of water per second—in two hours, this would be enough to supply all of New York City's 7.5 million residents with water for a year. Its flora and fauna are abundant. Approximately one of every four flowering plant species on earth resides in the Amazon.
- Covers the whole Amazonian riverfront: the past, present, and future of a vast earth-supporting ecosystem
- Explores the variety of life found in the Amazon, from its tiny insects to its massive canopy system
- Vital to understanding human impact on the world's largest rainforest and current conservation efforts
- Includes information on all nine Amazonian countries, as well as the indigenous tribes
Series Description
The perfect primer for complex current event issues and countries…
Oxford University Press’s What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENTK) series offers a balanced and authoritative primer on complex current event issues and countries, spanning across popular topics and disciplines including Politics, Economics, Sciences, and Religion. WENTKs are written by leading experts in their fields and provide, in a straight-forward question-and-answer format, insight in such a way that students and scholars alike can stay up-to-date on the most important topics leading the discussion today in politics, health, global affairs, and more.
Please note: As this series is not ELT material, these titles are not subject to discount.
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