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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsUNIT 1 Introducing Physical Geography PART ONE A Planetary Perspective UNIT 2 The Planet Earth UNIT 3 Mapping Earth's Surface UNIT 4 Earth-Sun Relationships UNIT 5 Radiation and the Heat Balance of Planet Earth PART TWO Atmospheric and Oceanic Processes UNIT 6 Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere UNIT 7 Temperatures of the Lower Atmosphere UNIT 8 Air Pressure and Winds UNIT 9 Circulation Patterns of the Atmosphere UNIT 10 Circulation of the World Ocean UNIT 11 Atmospheric Moisture and the Water Balance UNIT 12 Precipitation, Air Masses, and Fronts UNIT 13 Weather Systems PART THREE Climate and Climate Change UNIT 14 Climate Classification and Regionalization UNIT 15 Tropical (A) and Arid (B) Climate UNIT 16 Mild Midlatitude (C) Climates UNIT 17 Higher Latitude (D, E) and High-Altitude (H) Climates UNIT 18 Natural Climate Change UNIT 19 Human Impacts on Climate PART FOUR The Biosphere UNIT 20 Biogeochemical Cycles UNIT 21 Formation of Soils UNIT 22 Properties of Soil UNIT 23 Classification and Mapping of Soils UNIT 24 Biogeographic Processes UNIT 25 The Global Distribution of Plants UNIT 26 Zoogeography: Spatial Aspects of Animal Populations PART FIVE The Restless Crust UNIT 27 Minerals and Igneous Rocks UNIT 28 Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks UNIT 29 Planet Earth in Profile: The Layered Interior UNIT 30 Plates of the Lithosphere UNIT 31 Plate Movement: Causes and Effects UNIT 32 Volcanism and Its Landforms UNIT 33 Earthquakes and Landscapes UNIT 34 Faults, Folds, and Landscapes PART SIX Sculpting the Surface: Weathering, Mass Movements, and Flowing Water UNIT 35 The Formation of Landforms and Landscapes UNIT 36 Weathering Processes UNIT 37 Mass Movements UNIT 38 Water in the Lithosphere UNIT 39 Slopes and Streams UNIT 40 Landscapes Shaped by Stream Erosion UNIT 41 Landforms of the Fluvial System UNIT 42 Karst Processes and Landforms PART SEVEN Sculpting the Surface: Ice, Wind, and Coastal Processes UNIT 43 Glacial Erosion and Deposition UNIT 44 Landforms and Landscapes of Continental Glaciation UNIT 45 Landforms and Landscapes of Mountain Glaciers UNIT 46 Periglacial Environments and Landscapes UNIT 47 Wind as a Geomorphic Agent UNIT 48 Coastal Processes UNIT 49 Coastal Landforms and Landscapes
