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Physical geography : a landscape appreciation / Tom L. McKnight, Darrel Hess

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Harlow] : Pearson Education, [2008]Edition: 9th edDescription: xxv, 611 p. : ill., figs., maps ; 28 cm + 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 9780132338493
  • 9780132338493
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Partial contents:
Introduction to earth -- Portraying earth -- Introduction to the atmosphere -- Insolation and temperature -- Atmospheric pressure and wind -- Atmospheric moisture -- Transient atmospheric flows and disturbances -- Climatic zones and types -- The hydrosphere -- Cycles and patterns 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 -- Solution process and karst topography -- The topography of arid land -- Glacial modification of terrain -- Coastal processes and terrain
Summary: This text focuses thematically on landscape appreciation and fosters a solid and motivated understanding of Earth and its physical geography.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction to earth -- Portraying earth -- Introduction to the atmosphere -- Insolation and temperature -- Atmospheric pressure and wind -- Atmospheric moisture -- Transient atmospheric flows and disturbances -- Climatic zones and types -- The hydrosphere -- Cycles and patterns 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 -- Solution process and karst topography -- The topography of arid land -- Glacial modification of terrain -- Coastal processes and terrain

This text focuses thematically on landscape appreciation and fosters a solid and motivated understanding of Earth and its physical geography.

Accompanying CD-rom

Previous ed.: Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005

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