The aim of this series is to encourage children to explore the wonders of the physical world around them - the geographical features that make our planet unique and amazing - and understand how humans use it. This title looks at deserts: the agents of change that form deserts, where they can be found, how they are used by humans and how they are conserved. Maps will show where they are found in the world and diagrams will explain formations and processes, such as how wind scours caves in deserts.

 

This book features in the following series: Geographywise, Geographywise Series .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Hachette Children's Group .

Leon Gray is the author of many non-fiction books for children

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: What are deserts?
• 2: Weathering and erosion
• 3: Hot and sandy
• 4: Water in the desert
• 5: Icy deserts
• 6: Desert weather
• 7: Desert habitats
• 8: Living in the desert
• 9: Using deserts
• 10: Desert dangers
• 11: Conserving deserts
• 12: Project
• 13: Topic web and further information
• 14: Glossary
• 15: Index