Doerr, Arthur H. creator Coling, Jerome F. text bibliography iau Dubuque, IA W.C. Brown Publishers �1990 1990 monographic eng

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xiv, 378 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm [This text] provides an understandable operational framework of our physical world ... This book provides information about the earth and the processes that continue to shape it. The illustrative materials add form, dimension, and interpretation to the face of the land.-Pref. The nature of geography -- The earth and its planetary relationships -- Geographic tools, methods, and techniques -- Elements of the weather -- Storms and weather forecasting -- Climatic influences, controls, and classifications -- Climatic regions, the humid and polar climates -- Climatic regions, the dry climates and climate anomalies -- The earth's crust -- The shaping of landforms -- Weathering and erosion -- The work of running water -- Glaciation -- Groundwater and soluation topography -- Arid landscapes -- Oceans, seas, lakes, and associated landforms -- Soils -- Biotic resources -- People as modifiers of the physical environment -- Appendices: Descriptive landform classifications; Land survey systems. Arthur H. Doerr ; with cartographic assistance of Jerome F. Coling. Includes bibliographical references and index. Physical geography G�eographie physique Physical geography GB54.5 .F86 1990 910/.02 Doerr, Arthur H. Dubuque, IA : W.C. Brown Publishers, �1990 (OCoLC)647380686 0697079058 9780697079053 89061733 DLC 890516 20160210082353.0 ocm22512545 eng