Descrizione fisica: xx, 748 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
Note generali: Introdution Physical Geography -- Spheres, Scales, Systems, and Cycles -- WEATHER AND CLIMATES SYSTEMS -- The Earth as a Rotating Planet -- The Global Energy System -- Air Temperature and Air Temperature Cycles -- Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation -- Winds and the Global Circulation System -- Weather Systems -- The Global Scope of Climate -- Low-Latitude Climates -- Midlatitude and High-Latitude Climates -- SYSTEM AND CYCLES OF THE SOLID EARTH -- Earth Materials and the Cycles of Rock Change
-- The Lithosphere and the Tectonic System -- Volconic and Tectonic Landforms -- SYSTEMS OF LANDFORM EVOLUTION -- Weathering and Mass Wasting -- The Cycling of Water on the Continents -- Fluvial Processes and Landforms -- Landforms and Rock Structure -- The Work of Waves and Wind -- Glacier Systems and the Ice Age -- SYSTEMS AND CYCLES OF SOIL AND THE BIOSPHERE -- Soil Systems -- Systems and Cycles of the Biosphere -- Biographical Processes -- Global Ecosystems.
System requirements: Windows; Macintosh.
ISBN: 0471213179
Altri nomi: Strahler, Arthur Newell
Soggetti: Physical geography
Classificazione: 910.02
