Пустыни: один год из жизни самого жаркого биома

Eta kniga - ne uchebnik: vie ne naidete v nei glav "Fizicheskaia geografiia" ili "Ekonomicheskaia geografiia". No samu geografiu naidete - v vide massie interesneishih faktov, obiasnenii, otvetov na voprosie i... novieh voprosov! Gde naiti sredizemnomorskie lesa, esli na pobereje sobstvenno Sredizemnogo moria ih pochti ne ostalos? Pochemu Severniei morskoi put gorazdo koroche, chem kajetsia na karte? Otkuda rodom arbuz i halva? Zachem v Svanetii stroiat viesokie bashni? Chitateliam i avtoru predstoit vmeste naiti otvetie. A v hode nashih poiskov mie zadeistvuem i fizicheskuu geografiu, i ekonomicheskuu, i biogeografiu, i geografiu kultur, stran, narodov, iaziekov i daje arhitekturnieh stilei. Mie uznaem, kakie vulkanie deistvuut v Germanii, kak sdelat kartu iz palochek, pochemu vajno ohraniat mangroviee lesa, chto takoe terra-preta, abissal i trianguliaciia. A v konce knigi nas jdut noveishie otkrietiia geografov i geologov, dokazievaushie: geografiia - jivaia nauka, i belieh piaten, kotoriee jdut svoih issledovatelei, v nei eshe 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!