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050 0 0 _aQE599.A2
_bL365 2009
082 0 0 _aJ 363.349 LAND
245 0 0 _aLandslides, mudslides, & avalanches.
246 3 _aLandslides, mudslides, and avalanches.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aChicago :
_bWorld Book,
_c2009.
300 _a47 pages :
_billustration (chiefly col.), col. maps ;
_c28 cm.
490 0 _aWorld Book's library of natural disasters
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.
505 0 _aMass movement -- Landslides -- What is a landslide? -- Types of landslides -- China, 1920? -- What causes a landslide? -- What happens during a landslide? -- Landslide effects -- Alaska, 1964 -- Avoiding landslides -- Submarine landslides -- Mudslides -- What is a mudslide? -- Devastating volcanic mudslides -- Rain-induced landslides -- Avalanches -- What is an avalanche? -- Why do avalanches happen? -- The Alps, 1999 -- What happens during an avalanche? -- The effects of avalanches -- Stevens Pass, 1910 -- Avalanche prevention and rescue -- Activity.
520 _a"A discussion of major types of natural disaster, including descriptions of some of the most destructive; explanations of these phenomena, what causes them, and where they occur; and information about how to prepare for and survive these forces of nature. Features include an activity, glossary, list of resources, and index"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 _aLandslides.
_9184065
650 0 _aMudslides.
_9184066
650 0 _aAvalanches.
_9184067
710 2 _aWorld Book, Inc.
_9175469
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
_w169
_xBoniswa Ngcongolo
_y169
_zBoniswa Ngcongolo
999 _c760109
_d760108