Map Your Planet: Mountains
Published on 13. August 2021
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-4451-7371-9 (ISBN)
Description
Explore Earth's geography through the Map Your Planet! series.
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.
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.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 268 mm
Width: 214 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4451-7371-9 (9781445173719)
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Person
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.
Content
1: What are mountains?
2: Shifting Earth
3: Mapping the Ring of Fire
4: Fold mountains
5: Mapping the Himalayas
6: Faults and domes
7: Mapping the Sierra Nevada
8: On the plateau
9: Mapping New Zealand's volcanic plateau
10: Volcanic mountains
11: Mapping the Hawaiian Islands
12: People in the mountains
13: Mapping the Alps
14: Glossary
15: Further information
16: Index
2: Shifting Earth
3: Mapping the Ring of Fire
4: Fold mountains
5: Mapping the Himalayas
6: Faults and domes
7: Mapping the Sierra Nevada
8: On the plateau
9: Mapping New Zealand's volcanic plateau
10: Volcanic mountains
11: Mapping the Hawaiian Islands
12: People in the mountains
13: Mapping the Alps
14: Glossary
15: Further information
16: Index