Essentials of Physical Geography

The Earth system and physical geography; representations of planet Earth; Earth as a planet; the atmosphere, atmospheric heating, and temperature; atmospheric pressure and winds; global circulation patterns; moisture, condensation and precipitation; air masses and atmospheric disturbances; climate and climate change; low latitude and arid regions; middle latitude and arid regions; middle latitude, high latitude and highland regions; ecosystems; soils and soil development; Earth's interior; Earth's crust and plate tectonics; landforms and tectonic processes; gradation, weathering and mass movement; underground water and karst landforms; fluvial landforms and processes; landforms of glacial systems; Aeolian landforms; the global ocean; waves and coastal landforms; a dynamic physical environment.