This authoritative text offers detailed and comprehensive explanations of all important natural systems and processes in physical geography. Fundamental processes and materials of inorganic earth systems are presented first, giving students a solid foundation from which to study the more complex organic systems covered later. The third edition provides an updated chapter on soils, a new section on remote sensing techniques and revised coverage of such topics as El Nino, acid rain, Sahel drought and rain forest destruction. More than 160 full-color photographs and maps are incorporated in the text, plus over 1,000 glossary entries.

This Fourth Edition of a well-established text on physical geography provides rigorous coverage of the topic at the undergraduate level. It includes a full-color art program and increased attention to environmental issues.

Building upon the strength and success of deBlij & Muller's best-sellingGeography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts, Tenth Edition, CONCEPTS AND REGIONS offers students and instructors all of the content that has made Regions the definitive World Regional Geography text but in a briefer, technologically-rich package. At about one-half the length of most world regional texts, the text offers brief regional descriptions, applications of core concepts, and definitions to acquaint students with the spatial interconnections between the human and physical systems of the earth. Study Guide Students will benefit from the learning objectives, self-test questions, practice exams, term paper pointers, 48 outline maps and map exercised found in this revised Study Guide.