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We are presently living in a time of unparalleled change and when concern for the environment has never

been greater. Global warming and climate change, possible rising sea levels, deforestation, desertification,

and widespread soil erosion are just some of the issues of current concern. Although it is the role of human

activity in such issues that is of most concern, this activity affects the operation of the natural processes

that occur within the physical environment. Most of these processes and their effects are taught and

researched within the academic discipline of physical geography. A knowledge and understanding of

physical geography, and all it entails, is vitally important.

It is the aim of this Fundamentals of Physical Geography Series to provide, in five volumes, the fundamental

nature of the physical processes that act on or just above the surface of the earth. The volumes in the series

are Climatology, Geomorphology, Biogeography, Hydrology and Soils. The topics are treated in sufficient breadth

and depth to provide the coverage expected in a Fundamentals series. Each volume leads into the topic

by outlining the approach adopted. This is important because there may be several ways of approaching

individual topics. Although each volume is complete in itself, there are many explicit and implicit references to the topics covered in the other volumes. Thus, the five volumes together provide a comprehensive

insight into the totality that is Physical Geography.

The flexibility provided by separate volumes has been designed to meet the demand created by the

variety of courses currently operating in higher education institutions. The advent of modular courses has

meant that physical geography is now rarely taught in its entirety in an ‘all-embracing’ course, but is

generally split into its main components. This is also the case with many Advanced Level syllabuses. Thus

students and teachers are being frustrated increasingly by the lack of suitable books and are having to

recommend texts of which only a small part might be relevant to their needs. Such texts also tend to lack

the detail required. It is the aim of this series to provide individual volumes of sufficient breadth and depth

to fulfil new demands. The volumes should also be of use to sixth form teachers where modular syllabuses

are also becoming common.