Sierra East: Edge of the Great Basin

Smith, Genny [Editor]; Smith, Flora Pomeroy [Illustrator]; Tomback, Diana [Contributor]; Howald, Ann [Contributor]; Hill, Mary [Contributor]; Klieforth, Harold [Contributor]; Powell, Douglas [Contributor]; Sada, Donald [Contributor]; Sugden, Evan [Contributor];

ISBN 10: 0520086899 / ISBN 13: 9780520086890

Edité par University of California Press, 2001

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Synopsis :

The Eastern Sierra is a dramatic, unusual, mountain-and-desert region in eastern California and western Nevada that includes two famous resorts, Lake Tahoe and Mammoth Lakes. It is a world apart from the lands west of the Sierra Nevada, and the contributors to this illustrated natural history provide an introduction to the region. As the eastern slope of the 400-mile-long Sierra Nevada merges with the western edge of the Great Basin, desert valleys of long summers and snow-spangled mountains of long winters lie side by side. The region's unique features include altitudes ranging from 2800 feet at Redrock Canyon to 14,494 feet at the top of Mount Whitney; the merging of three biogeographic regions: the Sierra Nevada, the Great Desert Basin Desert, and the Mojave Desert; and the resulting extraordinary diversity of plant and animal life. The book contains chapters on the region's geologic story, weather and climate, plant communities, arthropods, native fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The authors emphasize relationships and the ingenious ways that plant and animal life have evolved and adapted to the Eastern Sierra's harsh environments. Maps, diagrams, photographs and exceptional drawings illustrate the text. Written with few technical terms, the book should be of use to the layperson and students on university fieldtrips.

À propos de l'auteur: Genny Smith is editor and publisher of Genny Smith Books. Since 1959 she has edited and published Deepest Valley, Mammoth Lakes Sierra (now in its sixth edition), Mammoth Gold (1990), and other books about the Eastern Sierra.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Sierra East: Edge of the Great Basin
Éditeur : University of California Press
Date d'édition : 2001
Reliure : hardcover
Illustrateur : Smith, Flora Pomeroy
Etat : Good