Rivers and Lakes Book

Includes: full-color artwork and photographs, index, glossary, maps, diagrams This exciting series brings a fresh approach to the presentation of environmental issues for the young reader. The most up-to-date research is presented in a stimulating text which is enhanced by exciting visual images. Previous subjects include Hurricanes and Typhoons, Oceans, Tidal Waves and Flooding, The Greenhouse Effect, Volcanoes and many others.

Explores the world of rivers and lakes, looking at how they have shaped the landscape and provided fresh water, a vital resource for human, animal, and plant life, and how communities both depend on them and can be devastated by them.