
Deserts and Steppes
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- BOOK COVER
- TITLE
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 THE DESERT
- DESERT ENVIRONMENTS
- ORIGIN OF DESERT ENVIRONMENTS
- ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- DESERT FLORA AND FAUNA
- POPULATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE
- THE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY OF DESERTS
- PLAYAS
- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PLAYAS
- GEOMORPHIC EVOLUTION
- DESERTIFICATION
- THE GLOBAL REACH OF DESERTIFICATION
- CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF DESERTIFICATION
- FOUR AREAS AFFECTED BY DESERTIFICATION
- SOLUTIONS TO DESERTIFICATION
- CHAPTER 2 MAJOR AND OTHER NOTABLE DESERTS OF THE WORLD
- MAJOR DESERTS
- ARABIAN DESERT
- DEATH VALLEY
- GOBI
- KALAHARI
- THE NAMIB
- THE SAHARA
- TAKLA MAKAN DESERT
- OTHER NOTABLE DESERTS
- ATACAMA DESERT
- BETPAQDALA
- THE BLACK ROCK DESERT
- GIBSON DESERT
- THE GREAT BASIN
- GREAT SANDY DESERT
- GREAT VICTORIA DESERT
- JUNGGAR BASIN
- KARAKUM DESERT
- KAROO
- KAVIR DESERT
- KYZYLKUM DESERT
- LIBYAN DESERT
- LOP NUR
- LUT DESERT
- MOÇÂMEDES DESERT
- MOJAVE DESERT
- AN-NAFUD
- NEGEV
- NUBIAN DESERT
- NULLARBOR PLAIN
- ORDOS PLATEAU
- QAIDAM BASIN
- RUB' AL-KHALI
- SIMPSON DESERT
- SINAI PENINSULA
- SONORAN DESERT
- SYRIAN DESERT
- TÉNÉRÉ
- THAR DESERT
- YUMA DESERT
- CHAPTER 3 STEPPES AND SCRUBLANDS
- THE STEPPE
- PHYSICAL AND HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
- THE EMERGENCE OF THE PASTORAL WAY OF LIFE
- SCRUBLAND
- THE ORIGIN OF SCRUBLAND REGIONS
- ENVIRONMENT
- BIOTA
- POPULATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE
- BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY
- CHAPTER 4 MAJOR AND NOTABLE SEMIARID REGIONS OF THE WORLD
- MAJOR SEMIARID REGIONS
- THE ARAL SEA
- THE GREAT PLAINS
- PATAGONIA
- OTHER SEMIARID REGIONS
- THE ALTIPLANO
- THE KULUNDA STEPPE
- LLANO ESTACADO
- THE MONGOLIAN PLATEAU
- THE PAMPAS
- THE PLATEAU OF TIBET
- THE RAJASTHAN STEPPE
- CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX
- GLOSSARY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- DESERTS AND PLAYAS
- NOTABLE DESERTS OF THE WORLD
- STEPPES, SCRUBLANDS, AND OTHER SEMIARID REGIONS
- INDEX
- BACK COVER
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