Geosystems Core ─ A Brief, Visual Approach to Physical Geography

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For introductory physical geography courses.

A brief, visual, and media-rich approach to physical geography

Highly regarded, best-selling author Robert Christopherson has partnered with renowned geographer and educator Stephen Cunha and longtime media author Charlie Thomsen to establishGeosystems Core , a brief, modular, highly visual and flexible textbook and springboard into physical geography. This approach allows instructors to teach concepts in their preferred order, empowering them to bring in their own case studies and applications to further illustrate the core concepts. Instructors can also easily augment and extend theFirst Edition of the print book by leveraging the rich library of media and customizable assessment resources in MasteringGeography.

Also available with MasteringGeography^TM

MasteringGeographyis an online homework, tutorial, and assessment product proven to improve results by helping students quickly master concepts. Students benefit from self-paced coaching activities that feature personalized wrong-answer feedback and hints that emulate the office-hour experience and help keep students on track. With a wide range of interactive, engaging, and assignable activities, students are encouraged to actively learn and retain challenging physical geography concepts.