Modern Physical Geography (with CD-ROM)

Author: Wang Jian
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book is a research outcome of the "Reform Plan for Teaching Content and Curriculum System in Higher Education Towards the 21st Century" by the Ministry of Education. It is a textbook for the 21st-century curriculum and the "Nineth Five-Year Plan" textbook for geography by the Ministry of Education, as well as a public core curriculum textbook for geography majors in colleges and universities across the country. The book is divided into four parts and 17 chapters, presenting the Earth's surface system with a brand-new system and structure. It discusses the composition, structure, movement, characteristics, and interactions between the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere surrounding the Earth, as well as the relationship between humans and the environment. Finally, it introduces the applications of physical geography in four chapters.