Пустыни: один год из жизни самого жаркого биома

Ėta kniga - ne uchebnik: vy ne naĭdëte v neĭ glav "Fizicheskai͡a geografii͡a" ili "Ėkonomicheskai͡a geografii͡a". No samu geografii͡u naĭdëte - v vide massy interesneĭshikh faktov, obʺi͡asneniĭ, otvetov na voprosy i... novykh voprosov! Gde naĭti sredizemnomorskie lesa, esli na poberezhʹe sobstvenno Sredizemnogo mori͡a ikh pochti ne ostalosʹ? Pochemu Severnyĭ morskoĭ putʹ gorazdo koroche, chem kazhetsi͡a na karte? Otkuda rodom arbuz i khalva? Zachem v Svanetii stroi͡at vysokie bashni? Chitateli͡am i avtoru predstoit vmeste naĭti otvety. A v khode nashikh poiskov my zadeĭstvuem i fizicheskui͡u geografii͡u, i ėkonomicheskui͡u, i biogeografii͡u, i geografii͡u kulʹtur, stran, narodov, i͡azykov i dazhe arkhitekturnykh stileĭ. My uznaem, kakie vulkany deĭstvui͡ut v Germanii, kak sdelatʹ kartu iz palochek, pochemu vazhno okhrani͡atʹ mangrovye lesa, chto takoe terra-preta, abissalʹ i trianguli͡at͡sii͡a. A v kont͡se knigi nas zhdut noveĭshie otkrytii͡a geografov i geologov, dokazyvai͡ushchie: geografii͡a - zhivai͡a nauka, i belykh pi͡aten, kotorye zhdut svoikh issledovateleĭ, v neĭ eshche dostatochno!

This book is not a textbook: you will not find the chapters "Physical Geography" or "Economic Geography" in it. But you will find geography itself - in the form of a lot of interesting facts, explanations, answers to questions and ... new questions! Where can you find Mediterranean forests if there are almost none left on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea proper? Why is the Northern Sea Route much shorter than it looks on the map? Where do watermelon and halva come from? Why do they build tall towers in Svaneti? Readers and the author will have to find answers together. And in the course of our searches, we will use physical geography, economic geography, biogeography, geography of cultures, countries, peoples, languages, and even architectural styles. We will learn which volcanoes operate in Germany, how to make a map out of sticks, why it is important to protect mangrove forests, what terra preta, abyssal and triangulation are. And at the end of the book, we are waiting for the latest discoveries of geographers and geologists, proving that geography is a living science, and there are still enough white spots waiting for its researchers!