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BL
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| Record Number
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971553
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| Doc. No
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b725923
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| Main Entry
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Gritzner, Charles F.
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| Title & Author
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The tropics /\ Charles F. Gritzner.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Chelsea House,, ©2007.
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| Series Statement
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Geography of extreme environments
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (128 pages) :: illustrations (some color), color map.
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| ISBN
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1438102941
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: 9781438102948
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (page 116) and index.
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| Contents
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Introducing the wet tropical realm -- Weather and climate of the wet tropics -- Land and water features -- Tropical rainforest ecosystems -- Native peoples -- European influences -- Contemporary conditions and regions -- Tropical lands in the twenty-first century.
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| Abstract
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Introduces the tropics, a region characterized by its temperatures and moisture, and explains how the area can thrive if it can attain stability and economic development.
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| Subject
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JUVENILE NONFICTION-- Travel.
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Tropics, Juvenile literature.
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| Subject
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Tropics.
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Tropics.
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| Dewey Classification
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910.913
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| LC Classification
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G907.G75 2007eb
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