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Edge of a continent : the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja / Donald Greame Kelley.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Palo Alto, California : American West Publishing, ©1971.Description: 288 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0910118191
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QH95.3. K455 1971
Contents:
Contents: The Long Curving Shore: A Four-thousand-mile View. Shaping of a Shore. Currents and Sea Winds. Where Land and Ocean Meet. Life Beyond the Breakers. Edge of the Tide. Birds With Wet Feet. The Marching Sands. Seacliff World -- Islands and Inlets: Islands Beyond the Edge. Lifeguard of the Islands. Islands of the Californias. The Inside Passage. Waters of the Golden Gate. The Sea of Cortés -- Forest North, Desert South: Climates Born of the Sea. Trees of the Totem Culture. A Tide of Timber. Forests of the Fog. Woodlands of the Long Dry Summer. Elfin Forests of the South. Deserts by the Sea -- Barrier and Breach: The Upraised Rim. The Last of the Ice Cap. Rivers Great and Small. Fishing in Coastal Waters. Bridges Across Time. Man on the Western Edge.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University QH95.3.K455 1971 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Donated by Daood Moosa. 3ACKU000534171
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-280) and index.

Contents: The Long Curving Shore: A Four-thousand-mile View. Shaping of a Shore. Currents and Sea Winds. Where Land and Ocean Meet. Life Beyond the Breakers. Edge of the Tide. Birds With Wet Feet. The Marching Sands. Seacliff World -- Islands and Inlets: Islands Beyond the Edge. Lifeguard of the Islands. Islands of the Californias. The Inside Passage. Waters of the Golden Gate. The Sea of Cortés -- Forest North, Desert South: Climates Born of the Sea. Trees of the Totem Culture. A Tide of Timber. Forests of the Fog. Woodlands of the Long Dry Summer. Elfin Forests of the South. Deserts by the Sea -- Barrier and Breach: The Upraised Rim. The Last of the Ice Cap. Rivers Great and Small. Fishing in Coastal Waters. Bridges Across Time. Man on the Western Edge.

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