Author : Alan H. Strahler
Publisher :
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 48,7 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Science
ISBN :
This Fourth Edition of a well-established text on physical geography provides rigorous coverage of the topic at the undergraduate level. It includes a full-color art program and increased attention to environmental issues.
Author : Alan H. Strahler
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 24,43 MB
Release : 1992-01-17
Category : Science
ISBN :
This Fourth Edition of a well-established text on physical geography provides rigorous coverage of the topic at the undergraduate level. It includes a full-color art program and increased attention to environmental issues.
Author : Arthur Newell Strahler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 34,69 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Science
ISBN :
This authoritative text offers detailed and comprehensive explanations of all important natural systems and processes in physical geography. Fundamental processes and materials of inorganic earth systems are presented first, giving students a solid foundation from which to study the more complex organic systems covered later. The third edition provides an updated chapter on soils, a new section on remote sensing techniques and revised coverage of such topics as El Nino, acid rain, Sahel drought and rain forest destruction. More than 160 full-color photographs and maps are incorporated in the text, plus over 1,000 glossary entries.
Author : Francis Galgano
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 14,44 MB
Release : 2012-02-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136919805
This book of contributed chapters by subject matter expertly provides an overview and analysis of salient contemporary and historical military subjects from the military geographer’s perspective. Factors of geography have had a compelling influence on battles and campaigns throughout history; however, geography and military affairs have gained heightened attention during the past two decades, and military geography is the discipline best situated to explain them. Hence, the premise of this book and its contents are founded on the principle that geographical knowledge of space, place, people, and scale provide essential insights into contemporary security issues and promotes the idea that such insight is critical to understanding and managing significant military problems at local, regional, and global scales.
Author : David John Briggs
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 37,86 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780847675203
This primary text, designed for undergraduate courses, provides a modern approach to the fundamentals of physical geography by linking process, form, and effect. The authors explore the natural world as a series of systems and consider the relationship between the different components of each. They examine, in turn, the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere, providing a thorough discussion of their composition and the ways in which their interaction forms our global environment. Throughout, the authors demonstrate the role of humanity in influencing the physical environment and the ways in which we are affected by our surroundings. Clearly written and lavishly illustrated with maps, drawings, photographs, and charts, Fundamentals of Physical Geography is an ideal text.
Author : Marion Isabel Newbigin
Publisher :
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,48 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Geography
ISBN :
Author : Alan H. Strahler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 19,12 MB
Release : 2008-12-10
Category :
ISBN : 9788126519248
This Fourth Edition of a well-established text on physical geography provides rigorous coverage of the topic at the undergraduate level. It includes a full-color art program and increased attention to environmental issues.· Our Rotating Planet· The Earth's Atmosphere and Oceans· The Earth's Radiation Balance· Heat and Cold at Earth's Surface· Winds and Global Circulation· Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation· Air Masses and Cyclonic Storms· Global Climate Systems· The Soil-Water Balance and Climate· Low-Latitude Climates· Midlatitude and High-Latitude Climates· Materials of Earth's Crust· The Lithosphere and Plate Tectonics· Volcanic and Tectonic Landforms· Landforms of Weathering and Mass Wasting· Runoff, Streams, and Ground Water· Landforms Made by Running Water· Denudation and Climate· Landforms and Rock Structure· Landforms Made by Waves and Currents· Landforms Made by Wind· Glacial Landforms and the Ice Age· The Soil Layer· World Soils· Energy Flows and Material Cycles in the Biosphere· Concepts of Biogeography· World Patterns of Natural Vegetation
Author : CAITLIN. FINLAYSON
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 38,47 MB
Release : 2019
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Richard H. Bryant
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 34,66 MB
Release : 2013-09-11
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1483278476
Physical Geography Made Simple focuses on developments in physical geography, including advancements in the study of landforms, weather, climate, water, soils, plants, and animals. The book first offers information on rocks and relief, weathering, slopes, and rivers and drainage basins. Topics include rock structures and landforms, crustal structure and movement, physical and chemical weathering, measurement and description of slopes, and transport, erosion, and deposition. The manuscript then ponders on glacial and periglacial landforms and desert and uropical landforms. The publication takes a look at coastal features, landscape development, and the atmosphere and its energy. The manuscript also elaborates on moisture in the atmosphere, air motion, general circulation, and weather. Discussions focus on fronts, weather prediction, planetary wind belts, pressure variations, upper air motion, adiabatic processes, and evaporation and condensation. The text is a valuable reference for geographers and readers interested in physical geography.
Author : Matthew Fontaine Maury
Publisher :
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 13,30 MB
Release : 1858
Category : Climatology
ISBN :
