The physical geography of South America / edited by Thomas T. Veblen, Kenneth R. Young, Antony R. Orme.

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TextSeries: Oxford regional environmentsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 361 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : illustrations, maps (some color)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780198031840
019803184X
9786611158811
6611158812
0195139089
9780195139082

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Physical geography of South America.DDC classification:

918.02 22

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F2211.5 .P49 2007eb

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RW 20180

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Foreword; Contents; Contributors; I. Systematic Framework; II. Regional Environments; III. Nature in the Human Context; Index.

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Summary: 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. The book then presents more specific treatments of regions with special attributes from the tropical forests of the Amazon basin to the Atacama Desert and Patagonian steppe, and from the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Pacific coasts to the high Andes. Additionally, the continents environments are given a human face by evaluating the roles played by people over time, from pre-European and European colonial impacts to the effects of modern agriculture and urbanization, and from interactions with El Nino events to prognoses for the future environments of the continent.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Foreword; Contents; Contributors; I. Systematic Framework; II. Regional Environments; III. Nature in the Human Context; Index.

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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. The book then presents more specific treatments of regions with special attributes from the tropical forests of the Amazon basin to the Atacama Desert and Patagonian steppe, and from the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Pacific coasts to the high Andes. Additionally, the continents environments are given a human face by evaluating the roles played by people over time, from pre-European and European colonial impacts to the effects of modern agriculture and urbanization, and from interactions with El Nino events to prognoses for the future environments of the continent.

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