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Planet Earth. Episode 5, Deserts / narrator, David Attenborough ; producer, Huw Cordey ; a BBC/Discovery Channel/NHK co-production ; series producer, Alastair Fothergill.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physical geography.
- Ecology.
- Natural history.
- Animals.
- Deserts.
- Desert ecology.
- Earth (Planet).
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Nature television programs.
- Science television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (50 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- London : BBC Worldwide, 2006.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Around 30% of the land's surface is desert, the most varied of our ecosystems despite the lack of rain. Saharan sandstorms reach nearly a mile high and desert rivers run for a single day. In the Gobi Desert, rare Bactrian camels get moisture from the snow. In the Atacama, guanacos survive by licking dew off cactus spines. The brief blooming of Death Valley triggers a plague of locusts 65km wide and 160km long. A unique aerial voyage over the Namibian desert reveals elephants on a long trek for food and desert lions searching for wandering oryx.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 18, 2018).
- OCLC:
- 1039703684
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