Valleys

Ellen Labrecque

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Read Valleys to learn all about these exciting, beautiful, and unique landforms. Discover the different valley types, how valleys are formed, and what living things can be found in and around valleys.

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• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 13 février 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781406272376
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Learning About Landforms

Learning About Landforms

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Ellen Labrecque

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Edited by Rebecca Rissman, Daniel Nunn and Catherine Veitch Designed by Steve Mead Picture research by Elizabeth Alexander Production by Victoria Fitzgerald Originated by Capstone Global Library Printed and bound in China

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Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Corbis p. 22 (© NASA); Getty Images pp. 5 (Luis Davilla/Photodisc), 6 (Joe Cornish/Stone), 7 (Detlev van Ravenswaay /Picture Press), 10 submarine valley (David Doubilet/National Geographic), 11 rift valley (Nigel Pavitt), 14 (Shubert Ciencia/Flickr), 15 (Nigel Pavitt/AWL Images), 16 (National Geographic Creative/ Aaron Huey), 18 (David C Poole/Robert Harding World Imagery), 20 (Peter Adams/The Image Bank), 24 (David Madison/Lifesize), 25 (PREAU Louis-Marie/hemis.fr), 28 (Carol Rukliss/Flickr), 29 (J J D/ Photonica); naturepl.com pp. 8 (© Angelo Gandolfi), 13 (© Gavin Maxwell), 17 (© Anup Shah), 27 (© Daniel Heuclin); Science Photo Library p. 23 (© NOAA); Shutterstock pp. 4 (© Loskutnikov), 9 (© by Paul), 10 glacier valley (© bierchen), 10 river valley (© David Hughes), 11 canyon valley (© Josemaria Toscano), 11 gorge valley (© Karine Lazarus), 12 (© Francesco R. Iacomino), 19 (© deckard_73), 21 (© Lukas Hudec), 26 (© visceralimage).

Cover photograph of a valley in the Altai Mountains reproduced with permission of Shutterstock (© Pichugin Dmitry).

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