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This Encyclopedia of Agrophysics will provide up-to-date information on the physical properties and processes affecting the quality of the environment and plant production. It will be a "first-up" volume which will nicely complement the recently published Encyclopedia of Soil Science, (November 2007) which was published in the same series. In a single authoritative volume a collection of about 250 informative articles and ca 400 glossary terms covering all aspects of agrophysics will be presented.
Lakes and reservoirs hold about 90% of the world's surface fresh water, but overuse, water withdrawal and pollution of these bodies puts some one billion people at risk. The Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs reviews the physical, chemical and ecological characteristics of lakes and reservoirs, and describes their uses and environmental state trends in different parts of the world. Superbly illustrated throughout, it includes some 200 entries in a range of topics, including acidification, artificialisation, canals, climate change effects, dams, dew ponds, drainage, eutrofication, evaporation, fisheries and more.
The socio-political vocabulary. The book contains over 3,000 lexical items from the sphere of social and political literature. Also includes a number of phraseology, spoken words and well-known political cliches. Active ownership dictionary expand students' knowledge and allow them to freely enough to understand the content of the texts on social and political topics in reading and in oral communication.
Учебный англо-русский словарь-справочник для вузов искусств
В основу отбора единиц для словаря положены следующие принципы: частотность, тематическая активность, информативная ценность, коммуникативная значимость. Словарь включает более 2000 единиц общелитературной и общеискусствоведческой лексики, а также необходимую узкоспециальную терминологию по живописи, графике, скульптуре и архитектуре. В словаре сделан акцент на анализ сочетаемости слов, на профессиональную сферу употребления слов и их стилистическую окраску.