Earth's Hottest Places

by Sebastian Witiw

Overview

Everyone has experienced hot days in which it's hard to move without sweating. Readers will realize those days were cool compared to some of the sweltering locations vividly described within the pages of this volume. Death Valley, the Sahara, and Ethiopia are highlighted in text and on maps in this trip around the globe in search of Earth's hottest places. Why some locations are so hot, different ways of measuring temperature, and the health risks of extreme heat are just a few of the topics touched upon in this book, compatible with any science and social studies collection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781482419023
Publisher:	Gareth Stevens Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Series:	Earth's Most Extreme Places Series
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	840L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

Table of Contents

Extreme Heat 4

Death Valley 6

Why So Hot? 8

El Azizia, Libya 10

Ground and Land Skin Temperature 12

The Lut Desert 14

Timbuktu, Mali 16

Dallol, Ethiopia 18

Seriously Hot 20

Glossary 22

For More Information 23

Index 24