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TITLE |
The Great Rift [videorecording] : Africa's greatest story = 大裂谷 / BBC Earth ; a BBC/Animal Planet co- production ; BBC Productions Bristol. |
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IMPRINT |
London : BBC Worldwide Ltd. ; Hong Kong : Deltamac [distributor], 2011. |
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DESCRIPTION |
1 videodisc (147 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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NOTE |
First broadcast on BBC under title: The Great Rift: Africa's wild heart on 24 January 2010, 31 January 2010 and 7 February 2010 repectively. |
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CONTENT NOTE |
Fire (49 min.) / producer, Phil Chapman -- Water (49 min.) / producer, Phil Chapman -- Grass (49 min.) / producer, Verity White. |
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PERFORMER |
Narrated by Hugh Quarshie. |
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SUMMARY |
Fire: "Visible from space, Africa's Great Rift Valley runs three thousand miles from the Red Sea to the mouth of the Zambezi. It's a diverse terrain of erupting volcanoes, forest-clad mountains, spectacular valleys, rolling grasslands, huge lakes and mighty rivers, and is home to crocodiles, hippos, lions, elephants, flocks of flamingos and a diversity of indigenous peoples. Using state-of- the-art high definition filming techniques, this series investigates the geological forces which shaped East Africa's Great Rift, and which make it one of the world's most wildlife-rich landscapes. The valley is the product of deep-seated geological forces which have spewed out a line of cloud-wreathed volcanoes stretching from Ethiopia to Tanzania. Their peaks provide a refuge for East Africa's most extraordinary wildlife, including newly discovered and previously unfilmed species which have evolve. |
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Grass: "... The Great Rift Valley provides the stage for an epic battle between trees and grass - its course influenced by volcanic eruptions, landscape and rainfall. On its outcome rests the fate of Africa's great game herds. In the Rift's savannas, grazers and their predators struggle to outwit each other, forcing one group of primates to develop a social system that paved the way for the evolution of mankind."--BBC web site. |
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Water: "...The Great Rift Valley channels a huge diversity of waterways - rivers, lakes, waterfalls, caustic springs and coral seas - spanning from Egypt to Mozambique. Some lake and ocean deeps harbour previously unseen life-forms, while caustic waters challenge life to the extreme. But where volcanic minerals enrich the Great Rift's waterways, they provide the most spectacular concentrations of birds, mammals and fish in all Africa."--BBC web site. |
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FORMAT |
DVD. |
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LANGUAGE |
In English ; with optional subtitles in English and Chinese. |
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SUBJECT |
Animals -- Great Rift Valley. |
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Ecology -- Great Rift Valley. |
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Natural history -- Great Rift Valley. |
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SUBJECT |
Plate tectonics. |
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SUBJECT |
Earth -- Crust. |
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SUBJECT |
Great Rift Valley -- Description and travel. |
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SUBJECT |
Great Rift Valley. |
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DISCIPLINE |
Geography. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Chapman, Phil. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Quarshie, Hugh. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
White, Verity. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Animal Planet (Television network). |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
BBC Worldwide Ltd. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
British Broadcasting Corporation. |
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OTHER TITLE |
Africa's greatest story [videorecording]. |
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OTHER TITLE |
Africa's wild heart [videorecording]. |
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OTHER TITLE |
Great Rift [videorecording] : Africa's wild heart. |
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OTHER TITLE |
大裂谷 [videorecording]. |
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ISBN |
4717415384415. |