The Amazon
Book - 2022
Introduces the Amazon River and the rain forest that surrounds it, describing their physical characteristics and the plants and animals that live there, and discusses its people, their history, economic and social conditions, and other details --
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Juvenile works
- Published
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New York, New York :
DK Publishing
[2022]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 72 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
- ISBN
- 9780744062540
9780744062557
- The Amazon
- The Amazon Basin
- The Amazon River
- Land of forests
- Around the rainforest
- Wetlands
- Plants and fungi
- Birds of the Amazon
- Amazon monkeys
- On the forest floor
- Creepy crawlies
- In and around the river
- Hunting for food
- Of both worlds
- Forest reptiles
- Amazon fish
- Ancient civilizations
- Exploration and exploitation
- Myths
- Traditional life
- Modern Amazonia
- Getting around
- Deforestation
- Mining and damming
- Endangered species
- Modern industry
- Conservation
- Ecotourism
- Farming
- Amazon wonders
- Amazon facts
- Amazon by country
- Glossary
- Index
