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Written for freshman/sophomore level students who lack strong science backgrounds, this book is a study of the total physical environment. Thoroughly updated, it includes new photographs, diagrams, an expanded bibliography citing classic and modern sources, fresh statistical data, and metric equivalents. The text treats many new topics, including El Nino, fusion energy, sea bottom warm water jets activating oases of life, nuclear power for seawater desalinization, Mount St. Helens, and Holland's Rhine Delta Project.

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• The Planet Earth
• Earth as a Sphere
• Earth and Sun Relationships
• Earth's Atmosphere
• The Atmosphere's Composition and Structure
• Heating and Cooling the Atmosphere: Temperature
• Pressure and Winds
• Atmospheric Moisture
• Air Masses, Fronts, and Storms
• Climate Classification
• The Tropical Climates
• The Subtropical Climates
• Mid-Latitude Climates
• The High Latitude Climates
• Earth's Water
• Global Water Distribution and Circulation
• The Earth's Fresh Water
• Oceanic Resources
• Earth's Lithosphere and Landforms
• Introduction to Landforms
• Earth's Structure and Plate Tectonics
• Tectonic Processes
• Gradational Processes
• Streams and Landforms
• Glaciation
• Wind and Aeolian Landforms
• Waves and Coastal Landforms
• Soils and Vegetation
• Understanding Soils
• Classification and Soil Regions
• Understanding Natural Vegetation
• World Patterns: Vegetation and Physical Geography
• World Maps
• Appendixes
• Glossary
• References
• Photo Credits
• Index