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Informationen zum Autor Annabel Savery is an experienced writer and editor of children's books. Having grown up on the Welsh border, she returned there with her family after working in London as an in-house editor for children's non-fiction. Annabel has written many books for young readers on non-fiction topics and enjoys researching new topic areas and finding out fascinating facts. Having written non-fiction for many years, Annabel also now works for the charity Woodland Heritage. Klappentext Explore Earth's amazing mountains through the Maps! Let's find out about Mountains: how they form and where they are found. Discover maps of Earth's shifting tectonic plates and amazing mountain landscapes, from the dramatic Sierra Nevada to the skyscraping Himalayas. Learn how people live in mountain regions and how the planet's peaks change over time. Explore geography through maps with the Map Your Planet! series. See key geography topics in action, as case studies are brought to life with large, detailed maps. Discover the importance of mapping and how maps are created and kept up to date. Ideal for children aged 9-11 years. Titles in the series: Biodiversity/ Climate Change/ Habitats/ Mountains/ Natural Disasters/ Population and Settlement/ Rivers and Coasts Vorwort Explore our planet's amazing mountains through maps Zusammenfassung Explore our planet's amazing mountains through maps Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: What are mountains?2: Shifting Earth3: Mapping the Ring of Fire4: Fold mountains5: Mapping the Himalayas6: Faults and domes7: Mapping the Sierra Nevada8: On the plateau9: Mapping New Zealand's volcanic plateau10: Volcanic mountains11: Mapping the Hawaiian Islands12: People in the mountains13: Mapping the Alps14: Glossary15: Further information16: Index
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Annabel Savery is an experienced writer and editor of children's books. Having grown up on the Welsh border, she returned there with her family after working in London as an in-house editor for children's non-fiction. Annabel has written many books for young readers on non-fiction topics and enjoys researching new topic areas and finding out fascinating facts. Having written non-fiction for many years, Annabel also now works for the charity Woodland Heritage.
