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[eBook] [PDF] Discovering Physical Geography, 4th Edition By Alan F. Arbogast

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Contents Introduction to Physical Geography 1 Organization of This Book 8 The Geographers Tools 11 Longitude 15 Map Scale 24 Global Positioning Systems 32 EarthSun Geometry and the Season... s 36 The Global Distribution 38 Plant Geography 204 The Global Distribution and Character 229 and Soils 250 Earths Internal Structure Rock Cycle 265 13 289 Plate Divergence 295 Folding 302 Earthquakes 308 The Global Energy System 50 Global Temperature Patterns 73 Our Place in Space 37 84 Global Temperature Patterns 85 Atmospheric Pressure Wind 90 Atmospheric Pressure 91 Fluctuations in the Pressure Gradient 97 Midlatitude Circulation 103 Local Wind Systems 111 Summary of Key Concepts 118 Atmospheric Moisture 119 Air Masses and Cyclonic 147 Global Climates and Global 174 Tropical Savanna Climate Aw 181 Highland H Climates 187 Causes of Past Climate Change 193 Is Anthropogenic Climate Change Really Occurring? 199 Volcanoes 314 Volcanoes 322 Weathering and Mass Movement 324 Groundwater and Karst Landscapes 340 319 354 Continental Glaciers 394 History of Glaciation on Earth 403 Periglacial Processes and Landscapes 410 Groundwater and Karst 414 Desert Geomorphology 416 Eolian Deposition and Landforms 422 Deposition of Windblown Dust 428 Summary of Key Concepts 435 Movement and Storage of Groundwater 341 479 GLOSSARY 498 INDEX 509 [Show More]

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