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. In the second group of chapters topics such as geomorphology, biogeography, environmental change and hydrology are considered within the context of the major biomes. The final chapters explore topical issues such as soil erosion, desertification, biodiversification and depletion, and conservation and development.
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`This is a particularly useful text for anyone with a serious interest in Africa ... This book ... makes a significant contribution to the literature on Africa and is much welcomed.' Times Higher Education Supplement
`The text is very well produced and illustrated with black and white photographs that are sharply defined, and maps and diagrams that are generally clear and comprehensible ... undoubtedly an important compilation of current information and thinking about the physical environment of Africa ... it is essential reading for all those with an interest in the African environment ... It is a book that all students with an interest in Africa should have the opportunity to read.' David Robinson, The Geographical Journal, Volume 163, Part 1, March 1997
`The text is very well produced and illustrated with black and white photographs that are sharply defined, and maps and diagrams that are generally clear and comprehensible ... undoubtedly an important compilation of current information and thinking about the physical environment of Africa ... it is essential reading for all those with an interest in the African environment ... It is a book that all students with an interest in Africa should have the opportunity to read.' David Robinson, The Geographical Journal, Volume 163, Part 1, March 1997
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W. M. Adams is at University of Cambridge. A. S. Goudie is at University of Oxford.
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In this chapter I aim to provide a general background to some key aspects of the tectonic, geological, and landscape development of Africa, the framework which provides much of the setting for the physical geography of the continent. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
coastal renosterveld, regional transition zone, denudational history, fynbos communities, tropical moist deciduous forest, evergreen seasonal forest, montane forest zone, fynbos biome, floristic kingdom, infralittoral fringe, pan development, rift system, mountain fynbos, hydrological pathways, rift floor, rainfall anomalies, littoral drift, acid sulphate soils, zonal soils, flood climates, evergreen rain forest, mediterranean invasions, surface uplift, volcanic province, forest distribution Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, New York, Red Sea, North Africa, Lake Victoria, Lake Chad, Sub-Saharan Africa, South America, Sierra Leone, Lake Malawi, Afar Depression, Cape Town, Gregory Rift, Lake Tanganyika, Mount Kenya, Indian Ocean, World Bank, Namib Desert, Kenya Rift, Cape Province, Palaeoecology of Africa, Ethiopian Highlands, Congo Basin, Gulf of Aden, Lake Ngami New!
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In this chapter I aim to provide a general background to some key aspects of the tectonic, geological, and landscape development of Africa, the framework which provides much of the setting for the physical geography of the continent. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
coastal renosterveld, regional transition zone, denudational history, fynbos communities, tropical moist deciduous forest, evergreen seasonal forest, montane forest zone, fynbos biome, floristic kingdom, infralittoral fringe, pan development, rift system, mountain fynbos, hydrological pathways, rift floor, rainfall anomalies, littoral drift, acid sulphate soils, zonal soils, flood climates, evergreen rain forest, mediterranean invasions, surface uplift, volcanic province, forest distribution Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, New York, Red Sea, North Africa, Lake Victoria, Lake Chad, Sub-Saharan Africa, South America, Sierra Leone, Lake Malawi, Afar Depression, Cape Town, Gregory Rift, Lake Tanganyika, Mount Kenya, Indian Ocean, World Bank, Namib Desert, Kenya Rift, Cape Province, Palaeoecology of Africa, Ethiopian Highlands, Congo Basin, Gulf of Aden, Lake Ngami New!
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- The Vegetation of Africa: A Descriptive Memoir to Accompany the Unesco/Aetfat/Unso Vegetation Map of Africa and Map by F. White on 6 pages
- The Tropical Rain Forest: An Ecological Study by P. W. Richards on 4 pages
- The Namib Sand Sea by N. Lancaster on 4 pages
- Inland Waters of Tropical Africa: Introduction to Tropical Limnology by L.C. Beadle on page 31, page 133, and page 284
- Sedimentation in the African Rifts (Geological Society Special Publication) by L. E. Frostick on page 16, page 33, and page 304
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- Africa South of the Sahara, Second Edition: A Geographical Interpretation (Texts In Regional Geography) by PhD Robert Stock on 5 pages
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- Dryland Ecohydrology by Paolo D'Odorico on page 9, and page 139
- Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World by Mike Davis in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Dryland Ecohydrology by Paolo D'Odorico on page 9, and page 139
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