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Book Preface Geosystems, An Introduction to Physical Geography. This edition builds on the widespread success of the first seven editions, as well as the companion texts, Elemental Geosystems, now in its sixth edition, and Geosystems, Canadian Edition, Second Edition. Students and teachers appreciate the systems organization, scientific accuracy, integration of figures and text, clarity of the summary and review sections, and overall relevancy. Capitalization Hyphenated Words Chicago Manual Style. Geosystems continues to evolve with the geospatial sciences, presenting the latest science and geophysical events, in student-friendly language that tells a story. The goal of physical geography is to explain the spatial dimension of Earth’s dynamic systems—its energy, air, water, weather, climate, tectonics, landforms, rocks, soils, plants, ecosystems, and biomes. Understanding human- Earth relations is part of the challenge of physical geography— to create a holistic (or complete) view of the planet and its inhabitants.Welcome to physical geography!

New to the Eighth Edition Nearly every page of Geosystems’ Eighth Edition contains updated material, new features, and new content in text and figures—far too many to list here. See the visual Walkthrough of new features at the end of this Preface. Following is a sampling of the Eighth Edition’s features: ■ Many figures are new or recast to improve student learning. There are more than 600 new photos and images bringing real-world scenes into the classroom. Our photo and remote-sensing program exceeds 750 items, integrated throughout the text.

■ The 4 Part Openers and 21 Chapter Openers are redesigned with 24 new photos, the only exception being Chapter 12, with its new integrated map of the ocean floor. Each of these four parts, described on the back cover, features a new systems schematic that portrays the organization of the content; check these out on pages 36, 160, 294, and 524. Descargar Juegos Para Pc 1 Link Full En Espanol Comprimidos. ■ Key Learning Concepts appear at the outset of each chapter, many rewritten for clarity.

Each chapter concludes with a Key Learning Concepts Review, which summarizes the chapter using the opening objectives. New to this edition are integrated representative figures, photos, illustrations, and images highlighting each concept in the review. ■ New to each chapter is an opening case study feature, Geosystems Now. These original, unique essays help focus interest on the chapter content.

Geosystems Now topics for each chapter include: 1. Where Is Four Corners, Exactly? Chasing the Subsolar Point 3. Humans Help Define the Atmosphere 4. Albedo Impacts, a Limit on Future Arctic Shipping 5.

Temperature Change Affects St. Kilda’s Sheep 6. Ocean Currents Bring Invasive Species 7. Earth’s Lakes Provide an Important Warming Signal 8. The Front Lines of Intense Weather 9.