The Sinai: A Physical Geography.
by Greenwood, Ned
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0292727992
- ISBN 13
- 9780292727991
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About This Item
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1997. Paperback octavo, very good condition, figures (including black & white photos), tables, tiny bump top spine, minor edgewear. 148 pp. Ned Greenwood offers a complete, up-to-date physical geography of the Sinai peninsula, which joins two continents: Africa and Eurasia. Focuses in detail on plate tectonics, geology, geomorphology, weather and climate, soils and biogeography. Considers the human geography of Sinai, including the pressures currently posed by population growth, political extremism, and environmental constraints on development.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21646
- Title
- The Sinai: A Physical Geography.
- Author
- Greenwood, Ned
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0292727992
- ISBN 13
- 9780292727991
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin, TX
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- earth sciences, geography, middle east, egypt, sinai
- Bookseller catalogs
- EARTH SCIENCES;
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