Download or read book Elements of Physical Geography written by Arthur N. Strahler and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1989 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fourth Edition of the widely-used physical geography text is updated to relect current knowledge and revised for better readability. Treatment is descriptive, emphasizing the ways in which the physical environment--climate, landforms, soils, and vegetation--affects human activities. Global, physical, geographical patterns are explained as simply as possible in terms of natural processes. Includes new, high quality illustrations and photographs.