The human environment -- 1. Our spherical habitat -- 2. The earth's atmosphere and oceans -- 3. The earth's radiation balance -- 4. Heat and cold in the life layer -- 5. Global circulation of the atmosphere and oceans -- 6. Atmospheric moisture and precipitation - 7. Air masses and cyclonic storms -- 8. The glodal scope of climate -- 9. The soil-water balance -- 10. Runoff and water resources -- 11. Earth materials -- 12. The lithosphere and plate tectonics -- 13. Volcanic and tectonic landforms -- 14. Weathering and mass wasting -- 15. Landforms made by running water -- 16. Landforms and rock structure -- 17. Landforms made by waves and wind -- 18. Glacial landforms and the ice age -- 19. The soil layer -- 20. The global scope of soils -- 21. The flow of energy and materials in the biosphere -- 22. Environments of natural vegetation -- 23. Global environmental regions: I. The low-latitude environments -- 24. Global environmental regions: II. The midlatitude and high-latitude environments -- Appendix. World maps for physical geography

1. Physical geography