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Physical geography : a landscape appreciation / Tom L. McKnight with cartographic collaboration of Patricia Caldwell.

By: Publication details: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1984.Description: xix, 488 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0136691013
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 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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