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The wild beauty of deserts has always been a source of fascination the world over. Mankind and Deserts 2  the second of three volumes  focuses on water, its absence or indeed its extreme scarcity, as well as on the ways in which salts come to be formed in areas such as these. Aridity of the climate does not exclude rainfall, after which deserts flourish; wet mists, dew, exceptional events separated by years of total drought. Water flows into temporary and disorganized networks but, occasionally, large rivers cross the deserts, giving rise to vibrant civilizations: the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates, Niger, to name a few. Temporary or permanent lakes collect water in basins without outlet to the ocean, referred to as endorrheic basins, such as Lake Chad. This results in salt accumulation and evaporitic formations. A large variety of salts crystallize, in addition to halite, among which is potash. Halite  common salt  is an essential resource and its trade leads to the creation of salt caravans, used to exchange it with gold, even on a 1-1 weight basis, generating subsequent wealth. From ancient, almost mythical, exploration to modern scientific studies, deserts have come to b

Who reads Mankind and Deserts, Volume 2: Water and Salts?

Author

Bourrié, Guilheim;Joly, Fernand

Publisher

Wiley-ISTE

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781786306319

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Nature, Biology