E-Book Overview
With assignments based on geography or a student's ethnic and cultural background as staples in many middle schools today, U В·X В·L presents a new resource devoted to physical geography. Designed specifically for students in grades 5-12, this 5-vol. Set includes information on physical properties and characteristics of nearly 200 countries. Included are approximately 200 alphabetically arranged entries; 200 maps; 450 black-and-white photographs, illustrations, graphs and tables; ''Words to Know'' section; world rankings; and a general index.
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JUNIOR WORLDMARK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Editors Karen Ellicott and Susan Bevan Gall
Graphics and Layout Steven Ollay
Cover Design Cynthia Baldwin
Associate Editors Robert J. Groelsema, Ph.D., Jeneen Hobby, Ph.D., Maura Malone, and Rosalie Wieder
Project Editor Allison McNeill
Composition Evi Seoud
Imaging and Multimedia Christine O’Bryan
Manufacturing Rita Wimberley
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