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This reference work will be the first English-language A-Z compendium on all topics related to deserts, including geography, geology, meteorology, climatology, hydrology, botany, zoology, anthropology, art, music, film, culture, sports, as well as the specific and diversely different deserts that one finds in all parts of the world. Definitions, explanations, and clarifications will be contained in more than 2,300 entries that vary in length from a brief sentence to detailed overviews of more complex subjects. The Desert Encyclopedia will be invaluable as a source of data and information, but it is also enjoyable to read straight through. It will also be replete with line drawings, black and white illustrations, maps and images from outstanding photographers, all licensed by the authors.

The Desert Encyclopedia

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    A Hardback by Robert Hauptman

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      Publisher: Globe Pequot
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/6/2024
      ISBN13: 9781493072811, 978-1493072811
      ISBN10: 1493072811

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      Book Synopsis

      This reference work will be the first English-language A-Z compendium on all topics related to deserts, including geography, geology, meteorology, climatology, hydrology, botany, zoology, anthropology, art, music, film, culture, sports, as well as the specific and diversely different deserts that one finds in all parts of the world. Definitions, explanations, and clarifications will be contained in more than 2,300 entries that vary in length from a brief sentence to detailed overviews of more complex subjects. The Desert Encyclopedia will be invaluable as a source of data and information, but it is also enjoyable to read straight through. It will also be replete with line drawings, black and white illustrations, maps and images from outstanding photographers, all licensed by the authors.

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