Mountain Geography: A Critique and Field Study

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Mountain Geography

A Critique and Field Study

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1936

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
ILLUSTRATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xiii
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	8
CHAPTER I. MOUNTAIN TEMPERATURES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	9
CHAPTER II. HUMIDITY AND PRECIPITATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	36
CHAPTER III. WINDS , CLOUDS , AND SUN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	63
CHAPTER IV. VEGETATION ZONES AND THE HEIGHT LIMITS OF FIELDS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	79
CHAPTER VI. ALP PASTURES AND ALP ECONOMY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	125
CHAPTER VII. LAND UTILIZATION AND ECONOMICS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	152
CHAPTER VIII. MOUNTAIN POPULATIONS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	174
CHAPTER IX. MATTERS POLITICAL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	203
CHAPTER Χ. THE CHARACTER OF MOUNTAIN LIFE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	221
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A. THE METRIC SYSTEM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	243
APPENDIX Β. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF MOUNTAINS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	245
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251

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eBook published on:

October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674184244

Hardcover published on:

February 5, 1936

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674334434

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

Front matter:

14

Main content:

257

Illustrations:

65

eBook ISBN: 9780674184244

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674334434

Keywords for this book

Mountains.; Mountains -- Europe.

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Professional and scholarly;

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