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336 pages :

illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits, charts.
Contents includes: Maps and mapping -- Physical geography -- Human geography -- Environmental geography -- Applied geography.
Summary: How do we map the ocean floor? Why do earthquakes strike some places more than others? In what ways does a city's layout reflect its politics? This book answers these questions and more by exploring the key geophysical processes that have shaped Earth's geology, climate, and ecosystems, and the ways in which they have shaped our lives, and we have shaped them in return -- for better or worse.

Big ideas simply explained.