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Everyday Geography: A Concise, Entertaining Review of Essential Information about the World We Live 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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f you were to look down on Earth from<br > outer space, as an astronaut might, the planet<br > would resemble a watery blue gem<br > Viewed from the blackness of space,<br > the orb is not divided by interna- f<br > tional boundaries into individ-<br > _4.<br > ual countries, but appears as<br > a cohesive, almost lyricall~-~<br > entity. Indeed, on the I~<br > J<br > planet itself, everything is<br > interrelated. Together,<br > the atmosphere (the k.~r--<br > gases that surround the<br >planet, including those<br >that make up the air we<br >breathe), the hydrosphere<br >(including the bodies of water<br >that cover the earth), and the litho- ~ ~<br >sphere (the outer hard surtZace of the planet,<br >generally considered to be about 50 miles thick)<br >make fife possible on the earth. The word geogra-<br >phy, derived from the Greek words geo ("earth")<br >andgraptwin ("to write or carve"), reters to the sci-<br >entific study of Earth--its land, water, and air, and<br >the distribution of plant, animal, and human life.<br >Geographers study such interrelationships as<br >cfimate and vegetation, atmosphere and the sun,<br >water and soil, and human industries and the<br >
Everyday Geography: A Concise, Entertaining Review of Essential Information about the World We Live 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书