Geography: A Modern Synthesis

Africa agricultural America animals areas Asia atmosphere average beach boundaries carbon cycle centers central century chapter climatic costs countries crops cultural curves cycle diffusion distance distribution earth earth's surface ecological economic ecosystem energy environment environmental change estimates Europe example Figure flows food chains forest geographers global graph grassland groups human population hydrologic cycle hydrosphere impact increase island lake land latitude lithosphere look Lorenz curve major measure migration natural natural environment North oceans pattern percent period photographs photosynthesis plant Polar easterlies pollution population density population growth population pyramids prime meridian problems production rainfall range regional scale seasonal Section settlement Shifting cultivation shown soil South space spatial species stage survivorship curves temperature tion transport trends trophic level tropical types United urban variations vegetation western York zones