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Physical geography : a landscape appreciation / Tom L. McKnight, Darrel Hess.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2008.Edition: 9th edDescription: xxv, 611, [51] p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 9780132239011 (9780132239011)
  • 0132239019 (9780132239011)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910/.02 22
LOC classification:
  • GB54.5 .M39 2008
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Contents:
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.
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Long Loan Books Rongo University Library General Stacks Non-fiction GB54.5 .M39 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 20168605

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.

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