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Title: THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA
By: W. M. Adams (Editor), A. S. Goudie (Editor), A. R. Orme (Editor)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0198234066
ISBN 13: 9780198234067
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Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 28 January, 1999
Series: Oxford Regional Environments
Pages: 452
Description: This is an advanced, full length, physical geography of Africa, written by a distinguished international team of scholars. The first group of chapters identify pan-African patterns in the physical environment and those physical attributes that are distinctive to Africa. A synoptic review of both Francophone and Anglophone literature is also provided. In the second group of chapters topics such as geomorphology, biogeography, environmental change and hydrology areconsiderd within the context of the major biomes. The final group of chapters explore topical issues such as soil erosion, desertification, biodiversification and depletion, and conservation and development.
Synopsis: An international team of distinguished scholars have each contributed a chapter to produce an advanced, full length, physical geography of Africa. The first part provides an overview of both pan-Africa patterns in the physical environment and those attributes of African physical geography that are distinctive by considering the development of the main features through time. The authors also provide a synoptic review of Francophone and Anglophone literature on the subject, discuss the present state of knowledge, and set out the work and methods that have created it. This part is followed by a group of chapters that integrate such topics as geomorphology, biogeography, environmental change and hydrology within each of the major biomes - forest, savannah, desert, coast, wetland, mountain, Mediterranean and Rift Valley - found in the African continent. Finally there is a section in which various authors look at topical issues concerned with the impact of human activity on the environment. Conservation and development are considered in the light of issues such as soil erosion, desertification, and biodiversity and biodepletion.The authors have produced this integrated physical geography in honour of A.T. Grove as a durable reference work which gives a new perspective on the continent of Africa.
Illustrations: numerous halftones and line figures, tables
Publication: UK
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Returns: Returnable
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