Physical geography : a landscape appreciation / Tom L. McKnight with cartographic collaboration of Patricia Caldwell.
Publication details: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1984.Description: xix, 488 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:- 0136691013
- 551 19 MCK
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Contents;
1. Introduction to the earth
2. Portrayal of the earth
3. Introduction to the atmosphere
4. Insolation and temperature
5. Atmosphere pressure and wind
6. Atmospheric moisture
7. Transient atmospheric flows and disturbances
8. Climatic regions
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 process
17. Topographic development in arid lands
18. Coast and karst topography
19. Glacial modification of terrain
Includes bibliographies and index.
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