Certificate Physical and Human Geography
Goh Cheng Leong
- 2nd Edition
- New Delhi Oxford University Press 2023
- 202 p
This book covers various geographical concepts essential for understanding the subject. It is divided into two parts: Physical Geography and Weather, Climate and Vegetation. Physical Geography explores the Earth's topology, weather and climate, different climatic regions, and vegetation. It covers natural phenomena like volcanoes, earthquakes, weathering processes, mass movement, and groundwater. The book also covers landforms and their shaped forces, such as desert, limestone, chalk, and glaciation. The Weather, Climate and Vegetation section covers climate and weather concepts, including hot, wet, tropical, desert, Savanna, temperate continental, and Mediterranean climates. The book also covers cool climate zones, such as the Siberian, Chinese, Laurentian, British, and Arctic climates. The book is a good choice for students preparing for competitive exams like the Civil Services Preliminaries and is supplemented by numerous illustrations, maps, diagrams, and photographs. Each chapter ends with a questions section to test comprehension of the concepts covered.