Physical Geography: Science & Systems Of The Human Environme

Item Information
Item#: 9780470678855
Edition 05C
Author Strahler & Archibold
Cover Hardback
On Hand 8
 


Physical Geography, Fifth Canadian Edition provides students with a complete understanding of the earth as a dynamic natural system. It is a comprehensive text that builds upon the decades of expertise and success of Alan Strahler, one of the foremost geographers in the world.

This new fifth Canadian edition includes significantly updated designs and visuals, and the most up-to-date and relevant content. Widely praised for its comprehensiveness, this text includes discussion and current examples of environmental phenomena relating to global geographical changes. The outstanding art program, excellent pedagogy, and readability of the text will engage students? interest and enhance their learning experience.

Table of Contents
Part 1 Introduction
1 Introducing Physical Geography
2 The Earth as a Rotating Planet

Part 2 Weather and Climate Systems
3 Earth?s Atmosphere and the Global Energy System
4 Air Temperature
5 Winds and the Global Circulation System
6 Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation
7 Weather Systems
8 The Global Scope of Climate
9 Low-Latitude Climates
10 Mid-Latitude and High-Latitude Climates

Part 3 Systems and Cycles of the Solid Earth
11 Earth Materials and the Cycle of Rock Transformation
12 The Lithosphere and the Tectonic System
13 Volcanic and Tectonic Landforms

Part 4 Systems of Landform Evolution
14 Rock Structure, Weathering, and Mass Wasting
15 The Cycling of Water on the Continents
16 Fluvial Processes and Landforms
17 The Work of Wind and Waves
18 Glacier Systems, the Late-Cenozoic Ice Age, and Permafrost

Part 5 Systems and Cycles of Soils and the Biosphere
19 Soil Systems
20 Systems and Cycles of the Biosphere
21 Biogeographic Processes
22 The Earth's Terrestrial Biomes

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