McKnight's Physical Geography

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 students. This new edition offers a truly meaningful integration of visualization, technology, the latest applied science, and new pedagogy, providingessential tools and opportunities to teach and engage students in these processes and patterns.* 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 * Preliminaries to Erosion: Weathering and Mass Wasting * Fluvial Processes * Solution Processes and Karst Topography * The Topography of Arid Lands * Glacial Modification of Terrain * Coastal Processes and Terrain