Introducing Physical Geography: Laboratory Manual, Volume 2Beautifully written and thoroughly revised by one of the foremost geographers in the field, Introducing Physical Geography, Fourth Edition, builds upon the decades of success of Strahler geography texts while incorporating coverage of the new developments in the discipline. Includes all new multimedia and pedagogy to bring physical geography to a new audience. The new fourth edition of Introducing Physical Geography, focuses on both content and pedagogy. The text also includes current examples of environmental phenomena, such as Hurricane Isabel and the recent earthquakes in Turkey. The readability of the text has been enhanced with new placements of boxed features and supplementary material. |
Contents
The Earths Global Energy Balance | 17 |
Air Temperature and Air Temperature Cycles | 29 |
Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation | 45 |
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A.N. Strahler air mass air temperature Alfisols Aridisols barchans biome blank graph Boralfs cirques Climate name Climate number climate type climograph color contour interval converging boundary curve cycle diagram dome draw drumlins dune elevation Entisols esker Explain gently or moderately gently sloping glaciers grid coordinates hachures Histosols horizontal Inceptisols Island J F M A M J J A S O N D Köppen code Köppen name label Lake landforms latitude lithosphere meridians Miles moderately sloping Mollisols Mountain NAME DATE Exercise northern Ocean Orthents Oxisols photograph plate tectonics plotted Psamments Quadrangle range Rhumb line ridge River rock sand savanna scale scarp shown shows soil order Spodosols station steep stream suborders summit surface Table Temp text Figure textbook topographic contour map tropical U.S. Geological Survey Udalfs Ultisols Ustalfs valley vertical Vertisols volcanoes wind world vegetation map zone