Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Geography (P-Z) (ePub)

Geography stands in the centre of neurosciences and social sciences. It makes use of many disciplines in its definitions. The present book Encyclopedic Dictionary of Geography includes those terms which are in common usage. While describing the terns the emphasis has been made on factual information rather than on a simple definition. Throughout the process of compilation and editing the volumes, the main effort was to make the dictionary serve as a ready reference manual. The entries have been written in a clear, lucid and explanatory style to provide both straight forward definitions and invaluable background information. This approach, combined with an extensive cross-reference system, enables the reader to place each entry into a broader scientific context. At certain places, the diagrams have been included wherever the meaning of a word can be best understood by means of diagram. At places formulae and statistics have been given for better illustration. Though it is a dictionary of geography, yet curtail geological terms have been included which a student of geography is likely to come across. The main entries inclined in this dictionary come from, oceanography, weather and climate, surveying and cartography, earth, economic and human geography, archaeology, bio geography, ecology and ecosystems. Iris encyclopedic dictionary is packed with enormous conceptual and factual and )edge which shall be useful for the teachers. students, academicians, policy: makers and for those who are interested: in geography and earth sciences.