Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation (7th Edition)

The seventh edition of this undergraduate text offers a revamped cartographic and illustration program, with some 50 new maps, new climographs, some 70 new color photos, and nearly all photos paired with locator maps to heighten basic geographic literacy. There are new focus boxes on weather satellites and volcanic hazards, and new material has been added to discussions of areas such as geographic information systems, the ozone layer, global warming, gelisols, plate tectonics, and soil creep. The accompanying CD-ROM contains videos and exercises. McKnight is affiliated with the University of California- Los Angeles; Hess is with City College of San Francisco. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)