Pre-Owned PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY,CALIF.ED.>CUSTOM< (Paperback) 1323272291 9781323272299

Continuing Tom L. McKnight's well-known thematic focus on landscape appreciation, Darrel Hess offers a broad survey of all of the physical processes and spatial patterns that create Earth's physical landscape. McKnight's Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation provides a clear writing style, superior art program, and abundant pedagogy to appeal to a wide variety of readers. The Twelfth Edition offers a truly meaningful integration of visualization, technology, and the latest applied science, providing essential opportunities to engage readers in these processes and patterns. Topics that are tied to readers' real-world concerns such as global environmental change, along with new videos, photography, online lab resources, and updated interactive tools, make it the most effective learning program for physical geography. KEY TOPICS: Introduction to Earth; Portraying Earth; Introduction to the Atmosphere; Insolation and Temperature; Atmospheric Pressure and Wind; Atmospheric Moisture; Atmospheric Disturbances; Climate and Climate Change; The Hydrosphere; Cycles and Patterns in the Biosphere; Terrestrial Flora and Fauna; Soils; Introduction to Landform Study; The Internal Processes; Weathering and Mass Wasting; Fluvial Processes; Karst and Hydrothermal Processes; The Topography of Arid Lands; Glacial Modification of Terrain; Coastal Processes and Terrain MARKET: For any reader interested in learning about the physical processes and spatial patterns that create Earth's physical landscape.