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The Aral Sea Encyclopedia
Zonn, Igor S.; Glantz, M.; Kosarev, Aleksey N.
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Description for The Aral Sea Encyclopedia
Paperback. This encyclopedia is devoted to the remarkable phenomenon of the possibility of the Aral Sea's imminent disappearance from the Earth. The book addresses the key environmental issues and is the first volume in the Springer Series on encyclopedias of the seas. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RBGF; RGB; RGL; RNR; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424.
The ‘‘Aral Sea Encyclopedia’’ is the first one in the new series of encyclopedias about the seas of the former Soviet Union. Preparing it we faced certain difficulties. The thing is that this encyclopedia is a monument to the sea that is disappearing during our lifetime. The world community considers the situation with the Aral Sea and all changes that occurred in its whereabouts in the recent decades as one of the most serious, if not disastrous anthropogenic environmental crises of the 20th century. Before 1960, this was a water-abundant sea-lake that was fourth among world lakes after the Caspian ... Read more
The ‘‘Aral Sea Encyclopedia’’ is the first one in the new series of encyclopedias about the seas of the former Soviet Union. Preparing it we faced certain difficulties. The thing is that this encyclopedia is a monument to the sea that is disappearing during our lifetime. The world community considers the situation with the Aral Sea and all changes that occurred in its whereabouts in the recent decades as one of the most serious, if not disastrous anthropogenic environmental crises of the 20th century. Before 1960, this was a water-abundant sea-lake that was fourth among world lakes after the Caspian ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642098772
SKU
V9783642098772
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for The Aral Sea Encyclopedia
From the reviews: "The Aral was something between a sea and a lake: a large inland body of salty water surrounded by semi-desert, fed by two great rivers … . Now, in some seasons, the two rivers do not even reach the Aral … . As a result the Aral is now a shrinking collection of shallow saline ... Read more