Introducing physical geography
by Alan Strahler
- 6th ed.
- New Delhi Wiley India Pvt. Ltd. 2013
- xviii + 641p. 28 cm.
Includes Appendix, Glossary and Index
Physical geography and the tools geographers use -- The earth as a rotating planet -- The earth's global energy balance -- Air temperature -- Atmospheric moisture and precipitation -- Winds and global circulation --Weather systems -- Global climates and climate change -- Biogeographic processes -- Global biogeography -- Global soils -- Earth materials and plate tectonics -- Tectonic and volcanic landforms -- Weathering and mass wasting Freshwater of the continents -- Landforms made by running water -- Landforms made by waves and wind --Glacial and periglacial landforms