The higher up a mountain you go, the colder it gets. Discover how mountain animals and plants survive in the snow and thin air, and where the highest mountains in the world are and how they got there.

Geo-Data: World Geographical Encyclopedia (3rd Edition)
It achieves its purpose in an easy-to-use alphabetical arrangement for all of the world's 207 countries and dependencies. Each entry begins with the key facts about that country including longest rivers and highest mountains and other key statistics. All place-names and geographical features such as mountains and lakes have been listed in the most easily recognized versions of their names.