Physical geography : a landscape appreciation
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Physical geography : a landscape appreciation
Prentice Hall, c1999
6th ed
Available at 3 libraries
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  Toyama
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  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Focusing on landscape appreciation, this work offers an understanding of Earth and its physical geography.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Earth. 2. Portraying Earth. 3. Introduction to the Atmosphere. 4. Insolation and Temperature. 5. Atmospheric Pressure and Wind. 6. Atmospheric Moisture. 7. Transient Atmospheric Flows and Disturbances. 8. Climatic Zones and Types. 9. The Hydrosphere. 10. Cycles and Patterns in the Biosphere. 11. Terrestrial Flora and Fauna. 12. Soils. 13. Introduction to Landform Study. 14. The Internal Processes. 15. Preliminaries to Erosion: Weathering and Mass Wasting. 16. The Fluvial Processes. 17. Solution Processes and Karst Topography. 18. The Topography of Arid Lands. 19. Glacial Modification of Terrain. 20. Coastal Processes and Terrain. Appendix I: Families of Map Projections. Appendix II: Topographic Map Symbols. Appendix III. The Weather Station Model. Appendix IV. Meteorological Tables. Appendix V. The International System of Units (SI). Appendix VI. The Soil Taxonomy. Glossary. Index.
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