Marvels of the coast

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MAR\ELS OF THE COAST
TIhe coast, the beach -for most this means holidays, lazing in the warm sand, bathing in the sea, or diving for fish, crabs and coral.
And yet the beach, dividing the land from the sea, means far more. It is a varied alternation of steep and fiat coasts, rocky cliffs and flat sandy beaches, of lonely lagoons and picturesque fishing villages. It has always been formed by the forces of the elements, wind and water, which create environments of a special nature along the coastline. This magnificent illustrated edition, "Marvels of the Coast", wishes to promote affection for the European coastal landscapes, in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, in the North Sea and the Baltic. Renowned European nature photographers have gone photograph hunting for you and captured the most splendid beaches in Europe in over two hundred superb colour photographs. They provide ample proof in this illustrated edition that even hour-long walks along the coastline are not boring: on... Tovább

Fülszöveg

MAR\ELS OF THE COAST
TIhe coast, the beach -for most this means holidays, lazing in the warm sand, bathing in the sea, or diving for fish, crabs and coral.
And yet the beach, dividing the land from the sea, means far more. It is a varied alternation of steep and fiat coasts, rocky cliffs and flat sandy beaches, of lonely lagoons and picturesque fishing villages. It has always been formed by the forces of the elements, wind and water, which create environments of a special nature along the coastline. This magnificent illustrated edition, "Marvels of the Coast", wishes to promote affection for the European coastal landscapes, in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, in the North Sea and the Baltic. Renowned European nature photographers have gone photograph hunting for you and captured the most splendid beaches in Europe in over two hundred superb colour photographs. They provide ample proof in this illustrated edition that even hour-long walks along the coastline are not boring: on one side the sea ruled by the constantly blowing wind, its surface streaked as far as the horizon with dancing white foamy crests orthun-dering mountains of waves
MARVELS OF THE COAST
rolling onward. And on the other side the land, with its saline meadows in full bloom and barren sand dunes, with millions of birds, resting, pluming themselves, sleeping, or searching for food. The Baltic Sea with its interesting geological past, fauna and flora of the Mediterranean coast and the Atlantic including its islands and isles are thoroughly treated. A main focus of attention in this book is the chapter on the North Sea with its many offshore islands and
islets; the dominant element of the North Sea coast, the Wattenmeer, is a combination of several superlatives. It is the largest integral mud flats landscape in the world and, apart from the High Alps, the only largely unspoilt extensive environment in densely-pop-ulated Central Europe. Nowhere in the world is so much biomass produced as in the Wattenmeer. Vissza