Clive Gifford

A Question of Geography: How Can a River Just Vanish?

and other questions about rivers

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Produktbeschreibung

Uncover the mysteries of rivers in this fun, lighthearted geography series

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hachette Children's Group
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 265mm x 210mm
• ISBN-13: 9781526325969
• ISBN-10: 1526325969
• Artikelnr.: 71684663

Autorenporträt

Clive Gifford lives in Manchester, UK and is an award-winning author of over 150 books for children and adults. These include Eye Benders: The Science of Seeing and Believing, winner of the prestigious Royal Society Young People's Book Prize in 2014, and Cool Technology, which won the School Library Association Information Book Award 2013. Clive's titles range from the serious (Robots, iScience, How the World Works) and sporty (with books on motor racing, the Olympics and football) to the downright silly (The Curse of the Toxic Trousers).

Inhaltsangabe

1: Where does a river start?
2: How does a stream become a torrent?
3: Why aren't rivers good climbers?
4: Are there really secret rivers?
5: How can water smash rock?
6: What's special about sediment?
7: How can one river power 5 million homes?
8: Do you need an ox to make an oxbow lake?
9: Why won't waterfalls sit still?
10: Whose river home can be spied from space?
11: How can a river just ... vanish?
12: Can robots save rivers?
13: Quick-fire questions
14: Glossary
15: Find out more
16: Index