Elements of Physical Geography Author:Arthur N. Strahler, Alan H. Strahler This is a new edition of the widely-used physical geography text. It has been updated to reflect current knowledge, and revised for better readability, and the treatment is descriptive, emphasizing the ways in which the physical environment - climate, landforms, soils, and vegetation - affects human activities. Global physical geographical patte... more »rns are explained as simply as possible in terms of natural processes, and new, high quality illustrations and photographs are included.« less