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The physical geography of North America

Author: A R Orme
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2002.
Series: [Oxford regional environments].
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: A R Orme
ISBN: 0195111079 9780195111071
OCLC Number: 44578809
Description: xv, 551 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Contents: Tectonism, climate, and landscape / Antony R. Orme --
The Pleistocene legacy : glaciation / John Menzies --
The Pleistocene legacy : beyond the ice front / Antony R. Orme --
The Holocene environment / Louis A. Scuderi --
Dynamic and synoptic climatology / Roger G. Barry --
Climatic regionalization / John E. Oliver --
Surface water hydrology / John Pitlick --
Wetlands : a hydrological perspective / Ming-ko Woo --
Weathering and soils / John C. Dixon --
Rivers / Ellen E. Wohl --
Plant and animal ecology / Albert J. Parker, Kathleen C. Parker, Thomas R. Vale --
Ecoregions / Robert G. Bailey --
The far north : a geographical perspective on permafrost environments / Frederick E. Nelson, Kenneth M. Hinkel --
The boreal forest / Glen M. MacDonald --
Appalachia and the Eastern Cordillera / David Shankman, L. Allan James --
The Great Lakes / Randall J. Schaetzl, Scott A. Isard --
Central lowlands and Great Plains / Vance T. Holliday ... [et al.] --
The Western Cordillera / George P. Malanson, David R. Butler --
Desert environments / Julie E. Laity --
The Mediterranean environment of greater California / Amalie Jo Orme --
Ocean coasts and continental margins / Antony R. Orme --
Human imprints on the primeval landscape / Antony R. Orme --
Agriculture, erosion, and sediment yields / James C. Knox --
Urbanization and environment / Jon Harbor ... [et al.] --
Environmental management and conservation / Mark A. Blumler.
Series Title: [Oxford regional environments].
Responsibility: edited by Antony R. Orme.
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