Elements of physical geography /
Arthur N. Strahler and Alan H. Strahler
- New York : John Wiley & Son, Inc., c1979
- xii, 560 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Introduction - The Human environment -- Chapter 1 : Our spherical habitat -- Chapter 2 : Earth realms - atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere -- Chapter 3 : The Earth's radiation balance -- Chapter 4 : Heat and cold in the life layer -- Chapter 5 : Global circulation of atmosphere and oceans -- Chapter 6 : Atmospheric moisture and precipitation -- Chapter 7 : Air masses and cyclonic storms -- Chapter 8 : The Global scope of climate -- Chapter 9 : The Soil-water balance -- Chapter 10 : The Soil layer -- Chapter 11 : The Global scope of of soils -- Chapter 12 : The Flow of energy and materials in the biosphere -- Chapter 13 : Environments of natural vegetation -- Chapter 14 : Earth materials -- Chapter 15 : The Earth's crust and plate tectonics -- Chapter 16 : Weathering and mass wasting -- Chapter 17 : Ground water and surface water -- Chapter 18 : Landforms made by running water -- Chapter 19 : Landforms and rock structure -- Chapter 20 : Landforms made by glaciers -- Chapter 21 : Landforms made by waves -- Chapter 22 : Landforms made by wind -- Chapter 23 : Global environmental regions : I. The Low-latitude environments -- Chapter 24 : Global environmental regions : II. The Midlatitude and high-latitude environments
Elements of Physical geography, second edition, is written for use in one-semester and one-quarter survey courses. Both content and structure are designed for students who are following general education programs in nonscience fields and who need only an overview of global physical environments.