100 Spectacular Wonders of the Natural World.
One hundred spectacular wonders of the natural world feature in this absorbing book, each one fully illustrated in colour.
Extraordinary features of land, sea and air are explained in detail, from the crab that is known as "the living fossil" and the pea-green lake of an Indonesian island, to the crater left in the Arizona desert by a meteorite from outer space and the strange vegetation that flourishes in the Mountains of the Moon.
Written by a team of experts, this is a fascinating account including some of the very best of the living world, from volcanoes to ice-caps, ancient forests to rich river deltas.
As well as the spectacular, well-loved features such as the Grand Canyon, the Angel Falls in Venezuela and Australia's mysterious Uluru, or Ayers Rock, you will find much less well-known but no less curious feature such as the petrified forest of Axel Heiberg Island in northern Canada, and the free-standing earth pyramids at Renon, in Italy.
The wonders of wildlife around the world are revealed, including the eels that will cross the globe to breed in the Sargasso Sea, monkeys of Japan that shelter from the freezing snow in thermal pools, and the remarkable congregation of migrating birds in the shallow Waddenzee.
The wonders of the deep sea are explored, from the world's largest mammal, the great blue whale, to the unplumbed depths of the mysterious Mariana Trench. Areas such as the Orinoco Delta, the Florida Everglades and the flowering Picos de Europa of Spain are celebrated alongside geological marvels such as the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland and the high mountains of the Himalayas.
Lively and entertaining to read, 'Natural Wonders Of The World' is also an invaluable reference source to the natural world.
