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Introduction | |
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Introducing Physical Geography | |
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Introducing Geography | |
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Realms of Geography | |
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Tools in Geography | |
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Systems in Physical Geography | |
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Understanding Physical Geography | |
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Physical Geography, Environment, and Global Change | |
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Spheres, Scales, Systems, and Cycles | |
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The Four Great Earth Realms | |
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Scales in Physical Geography | |
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Systems in Physical Geography | |
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Weather and Climate Systems | |
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The Earth as a Rotating Planet | |
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The Shape of the Earth | |
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Earth Rotation | |
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The Geographic Grid | |
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Map Projections | |
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Global Time | |
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The Earth's Revolution Around the Sun | |
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The Global Energy System | |
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Electromagnetic Radiation | |
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Insolation over the Globe | |
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World Latitude Zones | |
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Composition of the Atmosphere | |
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Sensible Heat and Latent Heat Transfer | |
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The Global Energy System | |
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Net Radiation, Latitude, and the Energy Balance | |
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Air Temperature and Air Temperature Cycles | |
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Surface Temperature | |
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Air Temperature | |
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The Daily Cycle of Air Temperature | |
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Temperature Structure of the Atmosphere | |
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The Annual Cycle of Air Temperature | |
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World Patterns of Air Temperature | |
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Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect | |
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Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation | |
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Three States of Water | |
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The Hydrosphere and the Hydrologic Cycle | |
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Humidity | |
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The Adiabatic Process | |
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Clouds | |
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Precipitation | |
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Air Quality | |
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Winds and the Global Circulation System | |
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Atmospheric Pressure | |
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Winds and Pressure Gradients | |
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Global Wind and Pressure Patterns | |
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Local Winds | |
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Winds Aloft | |
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Temperature Layers of the Ocean | |
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Ocean Currents | |
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Weather Systems | |
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Air Masses | |
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Traveling Cyclones and Anticyclones | |
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Tropical and Equatorial Weather Systems | |
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Poleward Transport of Heat and Moisture | |
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Cloud Cover, Precipitation, and Global Warming | |
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The Global Scope of Climate | |
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Temperature Regimes | |
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Global Precipitation | |
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Climate Classification | |
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Low-Latitude Climates | |
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Overview of the Low-Latitude Climates | |
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The Wet Equatorial Climate 1 | |
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The Monsoon and Trade-Wind Coastal Climate 2 | |
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The Wet-Dry Tropical Climate 3 | |
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The Dry Tropical Climate 4 | |
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Highland Climates of Low Latitudes | |
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Midlatitude and High-Latitude Climates | |
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Overview of the Midlatitude Climates | |
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The Dry Subtropical Climate 5 | |
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The Moist Subtropical Climate 6 | |
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The Mediterranean Climate 7 | |
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The Marine West-Coast Climate 8 | |
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The Dry Midlatitude Climate 9 | |
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The Moist Continental Climate 10 | |
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Overview of the High-Latitude Climates | |
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The Boreal Forest Climate 11 | |
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The Tundra Climate 12 | |
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The Ice Sheet Climate 13 | |
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Systems and Cycles of the Solid Earth | |
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Earth Materials and the Cycle of Rock Change | |
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The Crust and Its Composition | |
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Igneous Rocks | |
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Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks | |
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Metamorphic Rocks | |
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The Cycle of Rock Change | |
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The Lithosphere and the Tectonic System | |
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The Structure of the Earth | |
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The Geologic Time Scale | |
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Major Relief Features of the Earth's Surface | |
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Plate Tectonics | |
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Continents of the Past | |
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Volcanic and Tectonic Landforms | |
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Landforms | |
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Volcanic Activity | |
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Landforms of Tectonic Activity | |
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Earthquakes | |
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Systems of Landform Evolution | |
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Weathering and Mass Wasting | |
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Physical Weathering | |
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Chemical Weathering and Its Landforms | |
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Mass Wasting | |
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Induced Mass Wasting | |
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Processes and Landforms of Arctic and Alpine Tundra | |
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The Cycling of Water on the Continents | |
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Ground Water | |
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Limestone Solution by Ground Water | |
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Problems of Ground Water Management | |
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Surface Water | |
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Stream Flow | |
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Lakes | |
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Surface Water As a Natural Resource | |
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Fluvial Processes and Landforms | |
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Fluvial Processes and Landforms | |
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Slope Erosion | |
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The Work of Streams | |
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Stream Gradation | |
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Fluvial Processes in an Arid Climate | |
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Landforms and Rock Structure | |
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Rock Structure as a Landform Control | |
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Landforms of Horizontal Strata and Coastal Plains | |
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Landforms of Warped Rock Layers | |
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Landforms Developed on Other Land-Mass Types | |
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The Work of Waves and Wind | |
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The Work of Waves | |
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Tidal Currents | |
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Types of Coastlines | |
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Wind Action | |
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Sand Dunes | |
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Loess | |
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Glacier Systems and the Ice Age | |
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Glaciers | |
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Alpine Glaciers | |
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Ice Sheets of the Present | |
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Sea Ice and Icebergs | |
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The Ice Age | |
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Landforms Made by Ice Sheets | |
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Investigating the Ice Age | |
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Systems and Cycles of Soils and the Biosphere | |
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Soil Systems | |
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The Nature of the Soil | |
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The Soil Water Balance | |
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Soil Development | |
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The Global Scope of Soils | |
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Systems and Cycles of the Biosphere | |
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Energy Flow in Ecosystems | |
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Biomass as an Energy Source | |
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Biogeochemical Cycles in the Biosphere | |
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Biogeographic Processes | |
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Ecological Biogeography | |
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Ecological Succession | |
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Historical Biogeography | |
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Biodiversity | |
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Global Ecosystems | |
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Natural Vegetation | |
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Structure and Life-form of Plants | |
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Terrestrial Ecosystems--The Biomes | |
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The Canadian System of Soil Classification | |
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Climate Definitions and Boundaries | |
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Conversion Factors | |
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Answers to Problems | |
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Glossary | |
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Photo Credits | |
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Index | |