Certificate physical and human geography (Record no. 614754)
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| fixed length control field | 02873nam a22001457a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780195628166 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 910 |
| Item number | LEO/C |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Leong, Goh Cheng |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Certificate physical and human geography |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Delhi: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press: |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2019. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 192: Pages |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | This book is a textbook approach that aims at providing an understanding of our planets physical topography, climatic and vegetative environment, and the relationship that human beings share across regions.<br/><br/>Certificate Physical And Human Geography is an educational handbook on our worlds physical, climatic, vegetative environment across all regions on the globe. The book is essentially divided into two parts-Physical Geography, and Weather, Climate and Vegetation.<br/><br/>The book sheds light on various aspects of the environment and its dynamics, with dedicated chapters that provide a comprehensive overview of the two main sections.<br/><br/>The Physical Geography section deals with topics that span the planets various topographies like the Earths Crust, Weathering, Mass Movement and Groundwater; Landforms of Glaciation, The Ocean, Lakes, Coastal Landforms, etc.<br/><br/>Each chapter has a questions section to help readers evaluate their understanding of the subject explained in that chapter. Various illustrations and photographs enhance the text, to enable all students to easily understand the concepts.<br/><br/>Part two of the book, The Weather, Climate and Vegetation section, covers subjects like different climates and climatic zones like Equatorial, Savanna, Tropical or Arctic climates.<br/><br/>Certificate Physical And Human Geography is meant for high school students and the revised edition adheres to the new ICSE syllabus. The book is part of the reference material recommended for Civil Service Preliminaries. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | PART I PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 1. The Earth and the Universe 1 Exploring the Universe 2. The Earths Crust 3. Vulcanism and Earthquakes 4. Weathering, Mass Movement and Groundwater 5. Landforms made by Running Water 6. Landforms of Glaciation 7. Arid or Desert Landforms 8. Limestone and Chalk Landforms 9. Lakes 66 General, 10. Coastal Landforms 11. Islands and Coral Reefs 12. The Oceans PART 2 WEATHER, CLIMATE AND VEGETATION 13. Weather 14. Climate 15. The Hot, Wet Equatorial Climate 16. The Tropical Monsoon and Tropical Marine Climates 17. The Savanna or Sudan Climate 18. The Hot Desert and Mid-Latitude Desert Cli-mates 19. The Warm Temperate Western Margin (Mediterranean) Climate 20. The Temperate Continental (Steppe) Climate 21. The Warm Temperate Eastern Margin (China Type) Climate 22. The Cool Temperate Western Margin (British Type) Climate 23, The Cool Temperate Continental (Siberian) Climate 24. The Cool Temperate Eastern Margin (Lauren-tian) Climate 25. The Arctic or Polar Climate . |
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| Koha item type | Book |
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