This text provides a comprehensive coverage of the science of global environments. It adopts a integrated systems approach throughout and places emphasis on global change. An extensive range of topics are covered including paraglacial phenomenon.
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Physical Geography: Science and Systems of the Human Environment by Alan H. Strahler
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Table of Contents
WEATHER AND CLIMATE SYSTEMS; The Earth as a Rotating Planet; The Global Energy System; Air Temperature and Air Temperature Cycles; Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation; Winds and the Global Circulation System; Weather Systems; The Global Scope of Climate; Low-Latitude Climates; Midlatitude and High-Latitude Climates; SYSTEMS AND CYCLES OF THE SOLID EARTH; Earth Materials and the Cycle of Rock Change; The Lithosphere and the Tectonic System; Volcanic and Tectonic Landforms; SYSTEMS OF LANDFORM EVOLUTION; Weathering and Mass Wasting; The Cycling of Water on the Continents; Fluvial Processes and Landforms; Landforms and Rock Structure; The Work of Waves and Wind; Glacier Systems and the Ice Age; SYSTEMS AND CYCLES OF SOILS AND THE BIOSPHERE; Soil Systems; Systems and Cycles of the Biosphere; Global Ecosystems; Epilogue: Physical Geography, Environment and Global Change; Appendices; Glossary; Problem Answers; Photo Credits; Index; Topographical Map Symbols; Conversion Factors.
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GOR003874431
9780471112990
0471112992
Physical Geography: Science and Systems of the Human Environment by Alan H. Strahler
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