Book contents
- Essentials of Water
- Reviews
- Essentials of Water
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Historical Significance of Water
- 2 The Composition of Water
- 3 The Properties of Water
- 4 The Origin of Water
- 5 The Distribution of Liquid Water
- 6 The Distribution of Ice
- 7 Evaporation, Condensation, and Precipitation
- 8 Melting and Freezing, Sublimation and Deposition
- 9 Warm-Region Abiotic Processes and Landforms
- 10 Cold-Region Abiotic Processes and Landforms
- 11 Water within Vegetation
- 12 Transpiration
- 13 Water and Thermoregulation: Ectotherms
- 14 Water and Thermoregulation: Humans
- 15 Water Quality
- 16 Changes in Evaporation and Humidity
- Index
Acknowledgments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 October 2024
- Essentials of Water
- Reviews
- Essentials of Water
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Historical Significance of Water
- 2 The Composition of Water
- 3 The Properties of Water
- 4 The Origin of Water
- 5 The Distribution of Liquid Water
- 6 The Distribution of Ice
- 7 Evaporation, Condensation, and Precipitation
- 8 Melting and Freezing, Sublimation and Deposition
- 9 Warm-Region Abiotic Processes and Landforms
- 10 Cold-Region Abiotic Processes and Landforms
- 11 Water within Vegetation
- 12 Transpiration
- 13 Water and Thermoregulation: Ectotherms
- 14 Water and Thermoregulation: Humans
- 15 Water Quality
- 16 Changes in Evaporation and Humidity
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Essentials of WaterWater in the Earth's Physical and Biological Environments, pp. xiii - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024