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A Central America 191 F ice sheets 103, 108, 109, 111

ice shelves 108, 111
Chile 58–59
Africa 18, 168 China 44, 168 farms 136, 137, 167 in space 10, 11
deserts 46–47, 60–61 cliffs 64, 68, 105, 111 faults 18, 23, 36, 37, 40–41, 64, 126 storms 160–161
droughts 186–187 climate 95, 190, 191 fire Iceland 19, 23, 27, 28, 31, 200, 201
Great Rift Valley 64–67, 80, 82, 142–143 climate change 100, 106, 186 fire devils 162–163 India 44, 137, 166, 167, 193
hot springs 82–83 clouds 59, 69, 146, 150, 154, 156, 157, wildfires 147, 162–163, 182–183, 193 Indonesia 27, 88–89
Serengeti 192–193 159, 162, 166, 190 fjords 104–105 islands 19, 20, 74, 78–79, 88–89, 132,
Victoria Falls 120–121 ash 26, 91, 176 floods 70, 154, 167, 184 174, 201
volcanoes 80–81, 82 coasts 104, 174 forests 68, 123, 190–191, 196–199 Italy 21, 90–93, 176–177
air 146, 150, 154, 156, 157, 162, 167, 182 Colombia 128–129 fossils 33, 45, 51, 59, 65
algae 67, 132, 202 condensation 150 frost 50, 114–115
animals 28, 62, 63, 68, 125, 137, 176, continents 10, 15, 17, 18, 20 fumaroles 28, 29, 82, 94 J K
186, 191, 192, 193, 195, 196, 198, 201 see also individual continents Japan 17, 29, 149, 162, 174–175
birds 112, 142, 143, 195, 196, 201 coral reefs 79, 104, 132–135, 140 Java 88–89
fossils 33, 45, 51, 59 cyclones 156 G Kuwait 169
sea creatures 18, 86, 87, 112, 132–133 geothermal fields 28–29, 31
202–203 geysers 28, 29, 31, 84, 94, 95
Antarctica 108–111, 165, 174, 201, 202 D Giant’s Causeway 48–49 L
Arabia 168 Dead Sea 126–127 glaciers 102, 103, 104, 106–107 lakes 37, 64, 65, 67, 114–117, 142–143
Arctic 201, 202 deltas 136–137 and icebergs 112, 113 glacial 103
Asia 44, 117, 152, 167, 172–173, deserts 46–47, 58–61, 147, 163, gorges 50–51, 120 lava 80–81
178–181, 195, 196 167, 187 Grand Canyon 50–53 salt 54, 58, 126–127
atmosphere 10, 15, 164, 165 Grand Canyon 50–53 grasslands 192–193 volcanic 84, 181
auroras 164–165 life in 194–195 gravity 10, 11, 15 landslides 24, 173
Australia 42–43, 132–133, 162–163, droughts 167, 186–187, 192 Great Barrier Reef 132–135 lava 19, 26, 27, 32, 48, 49, 57, 74, 77,
182–183, 193, 196 dust storms 168–169 80–81, 88, 90, 91
life on Earth 12, 59, 62, 63, 68, 188–203
H see also animals; people; plants
B E hailstones 150, 154 lightning 146, 147, 149
bacteria 59, 86, 87, 114 Earth Hawaii 75–79 lithium 54, 55
Bangladesh 137, 167 creation of 8, 15 hoodoos 56–57 loess 168
black smokers 86–87 inside Earth 14–17, 25, 137 hotspots 17, 26, 78, 79, 94
Bolivia 54–55 earthquakes 18, 21, 24–25, 41, 94, 131, hot springs 28, 29, 82–83, 84, 94, 95, M
Boreal forest 198–199 172–173, 174 96–97, 130–131, 142
Borneo 190 Egypt 60–61 hurricanes 156–159, 184–185 Madagascar 62–63
Britain 48–49 electricity 91, 146, 147, 149 hydrothermal vents 18, 86–87 magnetic field 16, 165
equator 156, 191, 193 microbursts 154–155
erosion 42, 51, 661, 3, 69, 70, 79, 100, microorganisms 28, 96, 126, 142
C 103 I minerals 18, 20, 29, 54, 82, 86, 131, 142
Canada 100–101, 103, 114, 161, 198, Ethiopia 80–83 ice 99–117, 202 monsoons 166–167
201 Europe 18, 90–91, 161, 165, 176–177, glaciers 100–107 moons 10, 11, 14
canyons 50–53, 63, 70–71 196 hailstones 150 mountains 19–21, 100, 103
Caribbean 140–141, 159 evaporation 54, 126, 142, 146, 167 ice ages 103, 104, 140 Alps 21
caves 63, 106–107, 122–123, 140, 141 explorers 120, 138, 140 icebergs 108, 112–113 Andes 20, 36–39, 125

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