The Physical Geography of South America
The Physical Geography of South America
Oxford University Press, USA | March 29, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0195313410 | 368 pages | PDF | 12.5 MB
Oxford University Press, USA | March 29, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0195313410 | 368 pages | PDF | 12.5 MB
The Physical Geography of South America, the eighth volume in the Oxford Regional Environments series, presents an enduring statement on the physical and biogeographic conditions of this remarkable continent and their relationships to human activity. It fills a void in recent environmental literature by assembling a team of specialists from within and beyond South America in order to provide an integrated, cross-disciplinary body of knowledge about this mostly tropical continent, together with its high mountains and temperate southern cone. The authors systematically cover the main components of the South American environment - tectonism, climate, glaciation, natural landscape changes, rivers, vegetation, animals, and soils.