This book is a textbook approach that aims at providing an understanding of our planet's physical topography， climatic and vegetative environment， and the relationship that human beings share across regions。 The Physical Geography section deals with topics that span the planet's various topographies like the Earth's Crust， Weathering， Mass Movement and Groundwater; Landforms of Glaciation， The Ocean， Lakes， Coastal Landforms， etc。 Each chapter has a questions section to help readers evaluate their understanding of the subject explained in that chapter。 Various illustrations and photographs enhance the text， to enable all students to easily understand the concepts。 Part two of the book， The Weather， Climate and Vegetation section， covers subjects like different climates and climatic zones like Equatorial， Savanna， Tropical or Arctic climates。 Table Of Contents PART I PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 1。 The Earth and the Universe 1 Exploring the Universe 2。 The Earth's Crust 3。 Vulcanism and Earthquakes 4。 Weathering， Mass Movement and Groundwater 5。 Landforms made by Running Water 6。 Landforms of Glaciation 7。 Arid or Desert Landforms 8。 Limestone and Chalk Landforms 9。 Lakes 66 General， 10。 Coastal Landforms 11。 Islands and Coral Reefs 12。 The Oceans PART 2 WEATHER， CLIMATE AND VEGETATION 13。 Weather 14。 Climate 15。 The Hot， Wet Equatorial Climate 16。 The Tropical Monsoon and Tropical Marine Climates 17。 The Savanna or Sudan Climate 18。 The Hot Desert and Mid-Latitude Desert Cli-mates 19。 The Warm Temperate Western Margin （Mediterranean） Climate 20。 The Temperate Continental （Steppe） Climate 21。 The Warm Temperate Eastern Margin （China Type） Climate 22。 The Cool Temperate Western Margin （British Type） Climate 23， The Cool Temperate Continental （Siberian） Climate 24。 The Cool Temperate Eastern Margin （Lauren-tian） Climate 25。 The Arctic or Polar Climate 。