McDougal Littell World Geography

McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1959 (на англ. яз.). A Textbook for Courses in Physical Geography and Earth Science. Учебник по курсу физической географии и наук о Земле. The Earth and Its Planetary Relations. Temperature of the Atmosphere. Atmospheric Pressure and Winds. Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation. Storms and Their Weather Types. Climates of the Tropics and the Dry Middle Latitudes. Climates of Middle and High Latitudes. Composition and Changes...

London and New York: Routledge, 2006. - 456 p. ISBN 0-203-42024-1. An interesting piece of work, a comprehensive treatise which would be an imminently useful introductory text and reference for undergraduate studies in the Geography-Tourism-Recreation domain, a dynamic study field that is here to stay - for a long time!

Edition: 6, illustrated - Cengage Learning, 2008. - 686 p. 6th edition of WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY offers you a rich cultural and physical geographic understanding of the world's eight regions. In the text's "Profile" chapters, the author presents brief, thematic overviews for each of the eight regions. Subsequent regional chapters present traditional, current details on a local level, including geographical factors and in-depth observations. Th...

New York - Cincinnati - Chicago: American Book Company, 1907. - 346 p. Contents: The Form of the Earth; The Rotation of the Earth; Longitude and Time; Circumnavigation and Time; The Earth's Revolution; Time and the Calendar; Seasons; Tides; Map Projections; The United States Government Land Survey; Triangulation in Measurement and Survey; The Earth in Space; Historical Sketch.

London: Rosen Educational Publishing, 2010. - 382 p. ISBN 978-1-61530-182-9. The Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest when completed in 2006, is built across the Yangtze River in the heart of China. The project has been heavily criticized—to build the dam, more than 1.2 million people were moved from nearly 500 cities, towns, and villages, and 1,200 historical and archaeological sites were flooded. But proponents say it will help control deadly...

Chelsea House Publications, 2002. - 100 Pages. Iraq lies in a region that is called the Dry World. The region is a vast desert that stretches across North Africa and reaches on into central Asia. But most of the people live in a region near water— in the broad Tigris-Euphrates basin. This is an area of the world where water is almost always at a premium, where peasants often struggle to make soil and moisture yield a small harvest, and where i...

Jaipur: Oxford Book Company, 2010. - 227 p. ISBN: 978-93-80179-10-0. The plants may well be considered as the wealth of environment and nature's banks. Plants (flora) is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence. Since time immemorial plants have played significant role in shaping the environmental quality and maintaining ecological balance to sustain life. They also determine the site productivity, nutrient cycling and energy po...

Wiley, 2004, 200 Pages, ISBN: 0470851511 In Geography and GIS, surfaces can be analysed and visualised through various data structures, and topological data structures describe surfaces in the form of a relationship between certain surface-specific features. Drawn from many disciplines with a strong applied aspect, this is a research-led, interdisciplinary approach to the creation, analysis and visualisation of surfaces, focussing on topologica...

Course Description. Effective Fall. 2011. - 27 p. Contents. Welcome to the AP Program. AP Course Audit. AP Development Committees. AP Reading. AP Exam Scores. Credit and Placement for AP Scores. Setting Credit and Placement Policies for AP Scores. AP Human Geography. Introduction. The Course. Purpose. Goals. Teaching the Course. Topics. Topic Outline. The Exam. Sample Multiple-Choice Questions. Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions. Sample Free-Re...