Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie Biblioteek

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

[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.