Rivers & Lakes

The Wonders of Our World Series offers young readers a lively and visually exciting introduction to the world around us and the forces at work shaping our planet and its future. Ten books in this series offer fascinating full-color photographs of examples from around the world to help illustrate: the devastating impact volcanoes, extreme weather, and earthquakes can have; why the Earth's forests and waterways are in danger of destruction; how the Earth's powerful internal forces produce rocks and minerals from the ordinary to the dazzling; how mountains, deserts, and caves are formed. Rivers and lakes are part of the Earth's never-ending water cycle. From the Nile to the Great Lakes, Rivers and Lakes describes how rivers and lakes are formed, flooding around the world, creating electricity, fish, animals, and people, and preservation of our waterways.