Description
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I: Introduction1: Introducing Physical Geography
2: Spheres, Scales, Systems, and Cycles
Part II: Weather and Climate Systems
3: The Earth as a Rotating Planet
4: The Global Energy System
5: Air Temperature and Air Temperature Cycles
6: Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation
7: Winds and the Global Circulation System
8: Weather Systems
9: The Global Scope of Climate
10: Low-Latitude Climates
11: Midlatitude and High-Latitude Climates
Part III: Systems and Cycles of the Solid Earth
12: Earth Materials and the Cycle of Rock Change
13: The Lithosphere and the Tectonic System
14: Volcanic and Tectonic Landforms
Part IV: Systems of Landform Evolution
15: Weathering and Mass Wasting
16: The Cycling of Water on the Continents
17: Fluvial Processes and Landforms
18: Landforms and Rock Structure
19: The Work of Waves and Wind
20: Glacier Systems and the Ice Age
Part V: Systems and Cycles of Soils and the Biosphere
21: Soil Systems
22: Systems and Cycles of the Biosphere
23: Biogeographical Processes
24: Global Ecosystems
Appendix 1: The Canadian System of Soil Classification
Appendix 2: Climate Definitions and Boundaries
Problem Answers
Glossary
Photo Credits
Conversion Factors
Index Endpapers
