Discovering the wonders of our world / 
Reader's Digest ; [editor, Noel Buchanan ; art editor, Joanna Walker]. 
 - London ;  New York :  Reader's Digest Association,  c1993. 
 - 456 p. :  col. ill., col. maps ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Africa -- Europe -- Middle East and Asia -- Australia -- New Zealand and the Pacific -- North America -- South America -- Antartica -- The forces that shape the earth -- Why the continents are drifting across the globe -- The fiery, active youth of volcanoes -- Volcanoes in old age -- The cracks where the earth divides -- Lurching rocks that can wreak terrible destruction -- The violent birth of mountains -- Sun and gravity : forces of erosion -- Limestone country : land of caves and dry valleys -- Coasts : where land and sea battle for supremacy -- How rivers carve patterns in the land -- The brief life of lakes -- The awesome power of glaciers to sculpt the landscape -- Deserts : changing landscapes sandblasted by the wind -- Oceans of drifting sand. 
<br/><br/> Wilson's Senior High School.  Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.). 
<br/><br/> Photographs and text explore 138 remote places of natural beauty, from Africa to Antarctica.  Includes information about indigenous plants, animals, and people. 
<br/><br/> Young Adult  Follett Library Resources. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0276421086 :  $30.00 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Natural history.<br/>Natural history--Pictorial works.<br/>Natural history.<br/>Natural history--Pictorial works.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>508