McKnight's Physical Geography, Pearson New International Edition, 11th edition

Published by Pearson (23 July 2013) © 2014

  • Darrel Hess
  • Dennis G. Tasa Tasa Graphic Arts, Inc.
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Continuing Tom L. McKnight's well-known thematic focus on landscape appreciation, Darrel Hess offers a broad survey of all of the physical processes and spatial patterns that create Earth’s physical landscape. McKnight’s Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation provides a clear writing style, superior art program, and abundant pedagogy to appeal to a wide variety of students. This new edition offers a truly meaningful integration of visualization, technology, the latest applied science, and new pedagogy, providing essential tools and opportunities to teach and engage students in these processes and patterns.

Table of contents

  1. Introduction to Earth
  2. Portraying Earth
  3. Introduction to the Atmosphere
  4. Insolation and Temperature
  5. Atmospheric Pressure and Wind
  6. Atmospheric Moisture
  7. Atmospheric Disturbances
  8. Climate and Climate Change
  9. The Hydrosphere
  10. Cycles and Patterns in the Biosphere
  11. Terrestrial Flora and Fauna
  12. Soils
  13. Introduction to Landform Study
  14. The Internal Processes
  15. Preliminaries to Erosion: Weathering and Mass Wasting
  16. Fluvial Processes
  17. Solution Processes and Karst Topography
  18. Glacial Modification of Terrain
  19. The Topography of Arid Lands
  20. Coastal Processes and Terrain

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