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| Earth's Energy, Climate and Ocean Systems | |
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| Mapping our course of study | |
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| An overview of planet Earth: some geographic observations about Earth | |
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| The Sun-Earth energy system: fuel for a planet | |
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| Earth's radiation and heat systems over land and water | |
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| The great systems of global air and ocean circulation | |
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| Atmospheric moisture, precipitation and weather systems | |
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| Modern climate types and patterns | |
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| Climate change, past, present, and future | |
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| Earth's Life Support Systems | |
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| Earth as an ecosystem: energy, food, and life | |
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| Biogeography: geographic distribution of plant and animal types | |
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| Human origins, diffusion, and the alteration of natural landscapes | |
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| Soil system, processes, and formation | |
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| Soil types, distribution, and land use relations | |
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| Earth's Water Systems | |
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| The global water system | |
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| Runoff systems, streamflow, and watersheds | |
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| Groundwater, lakes, and water resources | |
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| Earth's Rock and Mountain Systems | |
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| Earth's internal system: heat, convection, rocks and the planet's skin | |
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| The formation and geographic organization of the continents and ocean basins | |
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| Mountain building systems, earthquakes, and volcanoes | |
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| Earth's Erosional and Landform Systems | |
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| Geomorphic systems: rock weathering, hill slope processes, and slope formation | |
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| Stream systems, valley formation, and fluvial landscapes | |
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| Coastal systems: waves, currents, and landforms | |
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| Glacial systems: growth, motion, and work of glacial ice | |
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| Wind, sand, dust, and deserts | |