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Description

1. xii, 196 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Series statement

1. Facts on File science library
2. Dangerous weather
3. Allaby, Michael. Dangerous weather.

Subject

1. Floods > Juvenile literature

Contents

1. Where floods happen : El Nino -- Evaporation, precipitation, and transpiration : partial pressure and vapor pressure ; humidity -- How the land drains -- Rivers : why it rains more on mountainsides ; kinetic energy -- Floodplains and meanders : the Bernoulli effect -- Flash floods -- Storms and cloudbursts : lapse rates and stability ; latent heat and dewpoint -- Thunder and lightning : charge separation -- Tsunamis : tsunami warning system -- Tides : laws of motion ; the Coriolis effect -- Tidal surges : air pressure, highs and lows -- Monsoons : intertropical convergence and the equatorial trough -- Aquifers, springs, and wells -- Vegetation and natural drainage -- The Nile floods and the Aswan Dams -- Wet rice farming -- Coastal erosion : glacioisostasy ; Isle of the Dead -- Saltwater infiltration : osmosis -- Flood damage -- Floods and soil erosion : soil erosion -- Floods of the past -- Land dranage -- Wetlands -- Levees -- Dams -- Canalization -- Flood prediction -- Safety.

Call number

1. JSE 14-61

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-187).

Author

1. Allaby, Michael.

Title

1. Floods / Michael Allaby ; illustrations by Richard Garratt.

Imprint

1. New York : Facts On File, c2003.

Edition

1. Rev. ed.

Series

1. Facts on File science library
2. Dangerous weather
3. Allaby, Michael. Dangerous weather.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-187).

LCCN

1. 2002153845

ISBN

1. 0816047944

Research call number

1. JSE 14-61