Physical geography :
McKnight, Tom L. 1928-
Physical geography : a landscape appreciation / Tom L. McKnight, Darrel Hess. - 9th ed. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2008. - xxv, 611, [51] p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to earth -- Portraying earth -- Introduction to the atmosphere -- Insolation and temperature -- Atmospheric pressure and wind -- Atmospheric moisture -- Transient atmospheric flows and disturbances -- Climatic zones and types -- The hydrosphere -- Cycles and patterns in the biosphere -- Terrestrial flora and fauna -- Soils -- Introduction to landform study -- The internal processes -- Preliminaries to erosion: weathering and mass wasting -- The fluvial processes -- Solution processes and Karst topography -- The topography of arid lands -- Glacial modification of terrain -- Coastal processes and terrain.
System requirements: 500 MHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent, or Macintosh 400 MHz G4; 128 MB available RAM; Windows 2000/XP or OSX 10.2+; 16-bit sound card, 1024 x 768 monitor resolution set to 16-bit color, mouse, 4x CD-ROM drive.
9780132239011 (9780132239011) 0132239019 (9780132239011)
2007000858
Physical geography.
GB54.5 / .M39 2008
910/.02
Physical geography : a landscape appreciation / Tom L. McKnight, Darrel Hess. - 9th ed. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2008. - xxv, 611, [51] p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to earth -- Portraying earth -- Introduction to the atmosphere -- Insolation and temperature -- Atmospheric pressure and wind -- Atmospheric moisture -- Transient atmospheric flows and disturbances -- Climatic zones and types -- The hydrosphere -- Cycles and patterns in the biosphere -- Terrestrial flora and fauna -- Soils -- Introduction to landform study -- The internal processes -- Preliminaries to erosion: weathering and mass wasting -- The fluvial processes -- Solution processes and Karst topography -- The topography of arid lands -- Glacial modification of terrain -- Coastal processes and terrain.
System requirements: 500 MHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent, or Macintosh 400 MHz G4; 128 MB available RAM; Windows 2000/XP or OSX 10.2+; 16-bit sound card, 1024 x 768 monitor resolution set to 16-bit color, mouse, 4x CD-ROM drive.
9780132239011 (9780132239011) 0132239019 (9780132239011)
2007000858
Physical geography.
GB54.5 / .M39 2008
910/.02