Introducing physical geography

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Title:

Author:

Strahler, Alan H. (Alan Harding), 1943-

ISBN:

9780471372936

Personal Author:

Strahler, Alan H. (Alan Harding), 1943-

Edition:

2nd ed. updated and upgraded.

Publication Information:

New York ; Chichester : Wiley, c2000.

Physical Description:

xviii, 575 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)

General Note:

Previous ed.: 1998.

Includes index.

System requirements: Windows 95: Pentium-compatible processor running at 75 MHz or faster; 8MB RAM (24 recommended); at least 10 MB free space on hard drive; SVGA monitor, 640 x 480, thousands of colors (16 bit), small fonts; 4X speed CD-ROM drive; Windows-compatible mouse or pointing device; 16 bit card with Windows drivers, Windows Media Player (included on CD and automatically installed).

System requirements: Windows 98 or Windows NT 4.0 (with service pack 3 or later): Pentium-compatible processor running at 90 MHz or faster; 16MB RAM (32 recommended); at least 10 MB free space on hard drive; SVGA monitor, 640 x 480, thousands of colors (16 bit), small fonts; 4X speed CD-ROM drive; Windows-compatible mouse or pointing device; 16 bit card with Windows drivers, Windows Media Player (included on CD and automatically installed).

System requirements: MacOs 68040: MacOs 7.5.3 or later; 68040 processor running at 25MHz or faster; 8MB RAM (16MB recommended); hard drive with at least 10MB free space; SVGA (14") monitor, 640 x 480, thousands of colors (16 bit); 2X-speed CD-ROM drive; QuickTime 2.5 or greater (QuickTime 2.5 included on CD); Abobe Acrobat Reader 2.1 (Abode Acrobat Reader 3.01 included on CD).

System requirements: MacOs PowerPC: MacOs 7.5.3 or later; PowerPC processor running at 60MHz or faster; 16MB RAM (32MB recommended); hard drive with at least 10MB free space; SVGA (14") monitor, 640 x 480, thousands of colors (16 bit); 4X-speed CD-ROM drive; QuickTime 2.5 or greater (QuickTime 2.5 included on CD); Abobe Acrobat Reader 2.1 (Abode Acrobat Reader 3.01 included on CD).

Abstract:

"Introducing Physical Geography has been written for a one-semester or one-quarter course in which a majority of students are nonmajors fulfilling a college science requirement."--P. xiii.

Subject Term:

Physical geography.

Physical geography -- Problems, exercises, etc.

Added Author:

Strahler, Arthur Newell, 1918-

Electronic Access:

Table of Contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix03/00712038.html

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