Earth
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Earth
(Eyewitness guides, 83)
Dorling Kindersley, 1994
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A small planet within a vast Solar System the Earth is unique in several ways. It has life it has water and it has a surface that is continually being renewed. The parts of the Earth that can be seen are just a tiny proportion of the whole planet. Beneath the Earth's crust lies the thick rocky mantel and at the centre there is a metal core which is partly solid and partly liquid. A magnetic field protects the Earth from the Sun's harmful radiation. Over three-quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water. Of all the rain that falls on the land one-third runs off into rivers and returns to the sea. The rest soaks into the soil where it remains for years as ground water which keeps rivers flowing in times of drought. Featuring historic scientific apparatus and ground-breaking experiments Earth is an intriguing look at the world in which we live.
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