Physical Geography
A Landscape Appreciation
4th Edition
Published on 2. January 1993
Book
Hardback
624 pages
978-0-13-667130-5 (ISBN)
Description
Written from a landscape appreciation point of view, this book explores the process of physical geography, carefully explaining the inter-relationships of phenomena. New sections emphasize the impact various processes have on the landscape, such as atmospheric moisture, storms, internal processes, waves and currents and glaciation. Revisions cover hurricanes, zoogeographic regions, plate tectonics and Karst topography.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 283 mm
Width: 215 mm
Weight
1495 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-667130-5 (9780136671305)
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Content
Introduction to the Earth; portrayal of the Earth; introduction to the atmosphere; insolation and temperature; atmospheric pressure and wind; atmospheric moisture; transient atmospheric flows and disturbances; climatic regions; the hydrosphere; cycles and patters in the biosphere; terrestrial flora and fauna; soils; introduction to landform study; the internal process; preliminaries to erosion; weathering and mass wasting; the fluvial process; topographic development in arid lands; coastal processes and terrain; solution processes and Karst topography; glacial modification of terrrain.