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Tsunamis & seiches / writer, Anna Claybourne ; illustrator, Stefan Chabluk.

Tsunamis & seiches / writer, Anna Claybourne ; illustrator, Stefan Chabluk.
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ISBN 9780716699415 (hardback)
Name Claybourne, Anna author.
Title Tsunamis & seiches / writer, Anna Claybourne ; illustrator, Stefan Chabluk.
Edition 3rd edition.
Published Chicago, IL : World Book, [2018]
©2018
Description 55 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm.
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents What is a tsunami? -- What causes tsunamis? -- The Chilean tsunami of 1960 -- What makes up a tsunami? -- Killer Krakatau -- Destroying lives -- The tsunami of 2004 -- Fukushima tsunami of 2011 -- Tsunamis and the environment -- The Lituya Bay megatsunami -- Tsunamis in the Atlantic -- The Lisbon tsunami -- Tsunamis and asteroids -- Tsunami warning systems -- Warning systems in action : the tsunami at Okushiri -- The Chilean tsunami of 2010 -- Tsunami preparation and survival -- What is a seiche? -- Buffalo's "great flood" -- The Chicago seiche.
Summary "A discussion of tsunamis and seiches, describing their characteristics, formation, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant tsunamis and seiches from history"--
Target audience note Age 5-11.
Subjects Natural disasters -- Juvenile literature
Tsunamis -- Juvenile literature
Seiches -- Juvenile literature
Other Names Chabluk, Stefan illustrator.
Series World Book's library of natural disasters
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