Map Your Planet: Rivers and Coasts

Informationen zum Autor Amy Chapman is a pseudonym of Izzi Howell. Izzi is the author and editor of over fifty children's books. She lives in East Sussex and enjoys learning languages, cooking and travelling around Europe. Klappentext Explore Earth's geography through the Map Your Planet series. Find out everything you need to know about rivers and coasts and follow these features on real-life maps. Learn about the path of a river, from its source to its mouth, and how the power of water shapes the coastline. Discover the many ways in which humans use water and how rivers and coasts are connected to the water cycle. 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. Vorwort Explore Earth's geography through maps Zusammenfassung Explore Earth's geography through maps Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Rivers and coast2: A river's source3: Mapping the Amazon River4: The upper and middle courses5: Mapping the Kentucky Bend6: Reaching the sea7: Mapping the Nile Delta8: Types of coast9: Mapping new shores10: Coastal changes11: Mapping La Manga12: Using water13: Mapping the Three Gorges Dam14: Glossary15: Further information16: Index

Vorwort
Explore Earth's geography through maps

Klappentext

Explore Earth's geography through the Map Your Planet series.

Find out everything you need to know about rivers and coasts and follow these features on real-life maps. Learn about the path of a river, from its source to its mouth, and how the power of water shapes the coastline. Discover the many ways in which humans use water and how rivers and coasts are connected to the water cycle.

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.

Zusammenfassung
Explore Earth's geography through maps

Inhalt

• 1: Rivers and coast
• 2: A river's source
• 3: Mapping the Amazon River
• 4: The upper and middle courses
• 5: Mapping the Kentucky Bend
• 6: Reaching the sea
• 7: Mapping the Nile Delta
• 8: Types of coast
• 9: Mapping new shores
• 10: Coastal changes
• 11: Mapping La Manga
• 12: Using water
• 13: Mapping the Three Gorges Dam
• 14: Glossary
• 15: Further information
• 16: Index