1001 Questions Answered about Earthquakes, Avalanches, Floods, and Other Natural DisastersThis book answers 1001 questions about all kinds of natural disasters: earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, avalanches, landslides, floods, droughts, fires, and animal plagues. A very informative, readable book. 18 photographs, 23 line drawings. |
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| Title | 1001 Questions Answered about Earthquakes, Avalanches, Floods, and Other Natural Disasters Dover books explaining science The One Thousand and One Questions Series |
| Author | Barbara Tufty |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Courier Corporation, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0486236463, 9780486236469 |
| Length | 350 pages |
| Subjects | › › Nature / General Nature / Natural Disasters Science / Earth Sciences / Geology |
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