Sahara the great desert

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1. Verfasser: Gautier, Emile F. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York Columbia University Press 1935
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Beschreibung:"Translated from the second French edition of E.-F. Gauthier's Le Sahara (Paris, Payot, 1928)--and from hitherto unpublished material supplied by the author": p. [iv]
Bibliography at the end of most of the chapters
The great desert -- Climate -- Organization of desert life -- Structural formation -- Fundamental laws of the desert surface relief -- The geological past -- Superficial circulation of the waters -- Progressive desiccation -- Oases and tanezroufts -- Introduction of the camel and its consequences -- Egypt -- The Tibbu Sahara -- Fezzan -- The Tuareg Sahara -- The new Sahara -- Glossary
Beschreibung:xvii, 264 pages
frontispiece, illustrations, plates, maps (1 folded)
25 cm