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© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Contributors vii
  4. Foreword xi
  5. Preface xv
  6. Acknowledgments xvii
  7. 1. Introduction to Mountains 1
  8. 2. Origins of Mountains 11
  9. 3. Mountain Climate 41
  10. 4. Snow, Ice, Avalanches, and Glaciers 85
  11. 5. Mountain Landforms and Geomorphic Processes 127
  12. 6. Mountain Soils 167
  13. 7. Mountain Vegetation 183
  14. 8. Mountain Wildlife 221
  15. 9. Attitudes Toward Mountains 253
  16. 10. People in the Mountains 267
  17. 11. Agricultural Settlement and Land Use in Mountains 301
  18. 12. Sustainable Mountain Development 333
  19. Index 367
Mountain Geography
This chapter is in the book Mountain Geography
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520956971-017

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Contributors vii
  4. Foreword xi
  5. Preface xv
  6. Acknowledgments xvii
  7. 1. Introduction to Mountains 1
  8. 2. Origins of Mountains 11
  9. 3. Mountain Climate 41
  10. 4. Snow, Ice, Avalanches, and Glaciers 85
  11. 5. Mountain Landforms and Geomorphic Processes 127
  12. 6. Mountain Soils 167
  13. 7. Mountain Vegetation 183
  14. 8. Mountain Wildlife 221
  15. 9. Attitudes Toward Mountains 253
  16. 10. People in the Mountains 267
  17. 11. Agricultural Settlement and Land Use in Mountains 301
  18. 12. Sustainable Mountain Development 333
  19. Index 367
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