McKnight's Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation

11. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-292-02091-4
Verlag: Pearson

Buch, Englisch, 680 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 276 mm, Gewicht: 1657 g

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Continuing Tom L. McKnight's well-known thematic focus on landscape appreciation, Darrel Hess offers a broad survey of all of the physical processes and spatial patterns that create Earth’s physical landscape. provides a clear writing style, superior art program, and abundant pedagogy to appeal to a wide variety of students. This new edition offers a truly meaningful integration of visualization, technology, the latest applied science, and new pedagogy, providing essential tools and opportunities to teach and engage students in these processes and patterns.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hess, Darrel

Tasa, Dennis G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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. Atmospheric Disturbances
8. Climate and Climate Change
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. Fluvial Processes
17. Solution Processes and Karst Topography
18. Glacial Modification of Terrain
19. The Topography of Arid Lands
20. Coastal Processes and Terrain